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 4 in Carbon,
Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta counties.
(i) Burbot (ling), walleye, yellow perch and
northern pike are designated as nongame fish.
(ii) All burbot, walleye, yellow perch and
northern pike caught shall be killed immediately.
(b) Bear River drainage streams including
Smiths Fork and Salt Creek (also called Thomas Fork) drainages, unless
indicated otherwise, in Lincoln and Uinta counties.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be six (6)
per day or in possession.
(A) No more than
three (3) shall be a cutthroat trout; and,
(B) No more than one (1) cutthroat trout
shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
(c) Burnt Lake in Sublette County.
(i) Closed to fishing from December 1 through
April 30.
(d) Currant
Creek in Sweetwater County.
(i) Closed to
fishing from April 1 through June 30.
(ii) All cutthroat trout shall be released to
the water immediately.
(iii) Fishing
is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(e) Fall Creek in Sublette County.
(i) Closed to fishing from May 1 through June
30 from Burnt Lake downstream five hundred (500) yards.
(f) Fish Creek drainage (of South Piney
Creek) on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary
in Sublette County.
(i) Fishing is permitted
by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(g) Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Sweetwater
County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be
four (4) per day or in possession. No more than three (3) shall be kokanee
salmon.
(ii) Lake trout are
designated as nongame fish.
(A) There are no
creel or possession limits on lake trout twenty-eight (28) inches and
smaller.
(B) No more than one (1)
lake trout in possession shall exceed twenty-eight (28) inches.
(iii) All kokanee salmon caught
from September 10 through November 30 shall be released to the water
immediately.
(iv) All game fish
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, game fish 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.
(v) All smallmouth bass
shall be returned to the water immediately.
(vi) The possession or use of gaffs for
landing fish is prohibited.
(vii)
See Section 30 of this chapter. Flaming Gorge Reservoir Reciprocal
Stamp.
(h) Flume Creek
below Fontenelle Reservoir in Sweetwater County.
(i) Closed to fishing throughout the calendar
year.
(i) Green River
from Warren Bridge (U.S. Highway 191) downstream to the Swain's (Wood's)
Bridge, Sublette County Road 23-179 in Sublette County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(j) Green River from Fontenelle Dam
downstream approximately one (1) mile to the U.S. Geological Survey gauge
station (cable crossing) at the Weeping Rocks Campground in Sweetwater County.
(i) Closed to fishing from October 1 through
December 31.
(k) Green
River from the Sweetwater County Road 8 Bridge, 4.5 miles below Fontenelle Dam,
downstream to the Big Sandy River in Sweetwater County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be one (1)
per day or in possession.
(A) All trout less
than twenty (20) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the
use of artificial flies and lures only.
(l) Halfmoon Lake in Sublette County.
(i) The creel limit on lake trout shall be
two (2) per day or in possession.
(A) No more
than one (1) lake trout shall exceed twenty-four (24) inches.
(m) Ham's Fork River
from Viva Naughton Reservoir downstream to Kemmerer City Reservoir in Lincoln
County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(n) High Savery Reservoir in Carbon County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be six (6)
per day or in possession. No more than one (1) trout shall exceed twenty (20)
inches.
(o) Jim Bridger
Pond in Sweetwater County.
(i) Closed to ice
fishing.
(p) Kemmerer
City Reservoir in Lincoln 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.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(q) Kendall Warm Springs and Kendall Warm
Springs Creek in Sublette County.
(i) Closed
to fishing throughout the calendar year.
(r) Lake Alice in Lincoln County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be six (6)
per day or in possession.
(A) No more than two
(2) cutthroat trout shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(s) Meadow Creek in Sublette County.
(i) Closed to fishing from May 1 through June
30.
(t) Meadow Lake in
Sublette County.
(i) The portion east of the
Department markers shall be closed to fishing from May 1 through June
30.
(ii) The entire lake is closed
to fishing from December 1 through April 30.
(u) New Fork River above the New Fork Lakes
in Sublette County.
(i) Closed to fishing from
September 1 through April 30.
(v) New Fork River from the Mesa Road Bridge
(Sublette County Road 23-123) downstream to the confluence with the East Fork
River in Sublette County.
(i) Fishing is
permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(w) North Cottonwood Creek drainage
(including Maki Creek) on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the
forest boundary in Sublette County.
(i)
Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(x) North Horse Creek and Lead
Creek drainage on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest
boundary in Sublette County.
(i) Fishing is
permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(y) North Piney Creek drainage on the
Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette
County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(z) North Piney Lake and upstream tributaries
in Sublette County.
(i) Closed to fishing from
June 1 through July 15.
(ii) The
creel limit on cutthroat trout shall be one (1) per day or in
possession.
(iii) Fishing is
permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(aa) Pinedale Children's Pond in Sublette
County.
(i) It shall be unlawful for persons
fourteen (14) years of age and older to fish.
(bb) Rock Crib Lake in Sublette County.
(i) The creel limit on brook trout shall be
six (6) per day or in possession.
(cc) Salt Creek (also called Thomas Fork)
drainage (including Raymond Creek) upstream from the Wyoming-Idaho state line
in Lincoln County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by
the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(dd) Smiths Fork drainage upstream from the
Hobble Creek confluence (including Hobble Creek drainage) in Lincoln County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(ee) Soda Lake north of Pinedale in Sublette
County.
(i) The creel limit on trout and brook
trout in combination shall be one (1) per day or in possession.
(ff) South Cottonwood Creek
drainage, excluding Soda Lake ponds, on the Bridger-Teton National Forest
upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(gg) South Horse Creek drainage on the
Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette
County.
(i) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(hh) Viva Naughton Reservoir in Lincoln
County.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be
six (6) per day or in possession.
(A) No more
than one (1) trout shall exceed twenty (20) inches.
(ii) Upstream face of Viva Naughton Dam
closed to fishing throughout the calendar year (no one shall fish from the
dam).
(ii) Wagon Creek
Lake in Sublette County.
(i) The creel limit
on brook trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession.
