Wagonhound Reservoir Fishing in Albany County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Look for Wagonhound Reservoir in Albany County, Wyoming. Everything around it is mixed forest. It covers about 7 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For supplies, Douglas is 24 miles out. For a city, Fort Collins is 135 miles off. No border sits close enough to matter. The far side sees far fewer people than the near one.

• Where to Fish on Wagonhound Reservoir

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Fish documented in Albany County include brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout and longnose sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Wagonhound Reservoir where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 61°F and January near 21°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Wagonhound Reservoir regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Dunn Reservoir Number 1 sits 10 miles off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Wagonhound Reservoir before loading the car.