Current through September 21, 2024
Fishing is permitted as described in Sections 1 through 15 of
this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this Section:
(a) All waters within Area 2 in Big Horn,
Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Park, Teton and Washakie counties.
(i) Northern pike are designated as nongame
fish.
(ii) All northern pike caught
shall be killed immediately.
(b) Bighorn and Wind river drainage lakes and
streams in Area 2 in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie
counties.
(i) All walleye and sauger shall be
kept whole (gills and entrails may be removed) until the angler is off the
water or ice and done fishing for the day. Once off the water or ice and done
fishing for the day, walleye and sauger can be filleted for transportation and
storage. A piece of skin large enough to allow species identification (at least
one (1) inch square) shall remain on all fish fillets while in transit or in
the field.
(c) Bighorn
Lake downstream from the causeway (U.S. Highway 14A) in Big Horn County.
(i) The creel and possession limits are as
follows:
(A) Trout - five (5) fish per day,
ten (10) fish in possession;
(B)
Bass - ten (10) fish per day, twenty (20) in possession;
(C) Burbot (ling) - three (3) fish per day or
in possession;
(D) Channel catfish
- six (6) fish per day or in possession:
(E) Crappie - fifteen (15) fish per day,
thirty (30) in possession;
(F)
Walleye and sauger - six (6) fish per day no more than three (3) shall be
sauger, twelve (12) fish in possession, no more than three (3) shall be sauger.
All walleye and sauger must be kept whole (gills and entrails may be removed)
until the angler is off the water or ice and done fishing for the
day;
(G) Shovelnose sturgeon - two
(2) fish per day or in possession; and,
(H) Other game species - no limit.
(d) Buffalo Bill
Reservoir, excluding South Fork and Diamond Creek Dike Ponds in Park County.
(i) That portion lying west of a straight
line connecting the mouths of Rattlesnake Creek and Sheep Creek (commonly known
as Spring Creek) up the drainage to Gibbs Bridge is closed to fishing from
April 1 through July 14.
(ii) The
creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession.
(A) No more than two (2) shall be cutthroat
trout; and,
(B) No more than one
(1) trout shall exceed eighteen (18) inches.
(iii) Walleye are designated as nongame
fish.
(iv) All walleye caught shall
be killed immediately.
(e) Clarks Fork River proper from the
Wyoming/Montana state line downstream to the Shoshone National Forest Boundary
(at mouth of Clarks Fork River Canyon) in Park County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(f) Deaver Reservoir in Park County.
(i) The creel limit of walleye shall be three
(3) per day or in possession.
(g) East Fork of the Wind River drainage
streams upstream from the confluence with the Wind River, including Bear Creek
and Wiggins Fork, in Fremont County.
(i) All
cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(h) East Newton Lake in Park County.
(i) All trout and brook trout shall be
released to the water immediately.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(i) Fish Lake in Fremont County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be three
(3) per day or in possession.
(A) No more
than one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
(j) Grace Lake in Big Horn County.
(i) The creel limit on brook trout shall be
two (2) per day or in possession.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(k) Lake Cameahwait (Bass Lake) in Fremont
County.
(i) The creel limit on largemouth bass
shall be two (2) per day or in possession.
(A) All bass between ten (10) and fifteen
(15) inches (inclusive) shall be released to the water immediately;
and,
(B) No more than one (1) bass
shall exceed fifteen (15) inches.
(l) Little Moose Lake in Park County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be two (2)
per day or in possession.
(ii)
Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(m) Luce Reservoir in Park County.
(i) All trout shall be released to the water
immediately.
(ii) Fishing is
permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(n) Luckey Pond in Fremont County.
(i) Closed to ice fishing.
(o) North Fork of the Shoshone
River drainage from Newton Creek downstream to Gibbs Bridge (including Newton
Creek) in Park County.
(i) Closed to fishing
from April 1 through June 30.
(p) North Fork of the Shoshone River drainage
upstream of Gibbs Bridge in Park County.
(i)
The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession.
(A) No more than two (2) shall be cutthroat
trout; and,
(B) No more than one
(1) trout shall exceed eighteen (18) inches.
(q) Nowood River drainage streams upstream
from the confluence with the Bighorn River including Paintrock and Tensleep
Creeks in Big Horn, Johnson, and Washakie counties.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be six (6)
per day, or in possession.
(r) Pelham Lake in Fremont County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be two (2)
per day or in possession.
(A) All trout less
than sixteen (16) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the
use of artificial flies and lures only.
(s) Pete's Pond in Fremont County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be three
(3) per day or in possession.
(t) Renner Reservoir in Big Horn County.
(i) The creel limit on largemouth bass shall
be six (6) per day or in possession.
(A) No
more than one (1) bass shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
(u) Shell Creek drainage streams
upstream from the confluence with the Bighorn River in Big Horn County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be six (6)
per day, or in possession.
(v) Shoshone Lake and Shoshone Creek in
Fremont County.
(i) Shoshone Creek upstream of
Shoshone Lake is closed to fishing from September 1 through November
30.
(ii) The creel limit on brook
trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession.
(w) Shoshone River drainage streams from
Buffalo Bill Dam downstream to Bighorn Lake in Big Horn and Park counties.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be six (6)
per day or in possession.
(A) No more than one
(1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
(x) Swamp Lake in Park County.
(i) The creel limit on brook trout shall be
two (2) per day or in possession.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(y) The "Rise" of the Middle Fork of the Popo
Agie River downstream to the Bridge on the Sinks Canyon Road in Fremont County.
(i) Closed to fishing throughout the calendar
year.
