Fishing Twin Buttes Lake in Albany County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Look for Twin Buttes Lake in Albany County, Wyoming. The surface lies 7,247 feet up. About 335 acres, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. The outline measures near 3.5 miles, so local knowledge counts. Size puts it in the front rank of our Albany County list. Laramie sits 15 miles from the bank. Fort Collins is the closest city, 61 miles away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Twin Buttes Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Albany County include brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, longnose sucker and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Twin Buttes Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 62°F for July and 25°F for December. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. From about mid April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Expect Twin Buttes Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Parking within half a mile means no long carry with tackle. There are toilets half a mile off. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Phillips Reservoir, 1.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Twin Buttes Lake may have changed since it was mapped.