Fishing in Big Horn County, Wyoming

170 public waters in the Cody Region (Bighorn Basin & Yellowstone Country) region — 85 lakes/reservoirs and 85 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Wyoming licence.

Lakes & Reservoirs

• Bighorn Lake 6,834 acres · 14 species
• Yellowtail Reservoir 2,200 acres · 12 species
• Granite Lake 335 acres · 5 species
• Alkali Lake 255 acres · 1 species
• Horseshoe Lake 188 acres · 7 species
• Harrington Reservoir 184 acres · 4 species
• Meadowlark Lake 182 acres · 4 species
• Lost Lake 152 acres · 8 species
• Wardel Reservoir 148 acres · 6 species
• Adelaide Lake 145 acres · 6 species
• Hidden Lake 136 acres · 5 species
• Lake Solitude 135 acres · 3 species
• Crater Lake 109 acres · 3 species
• Wardell Reservoir 107 acres · 4 species
• Shell Reservoir 98 acres · 6 species
• Shell Creek Reservoir 85 acres · 2 species
• Emerald Lake 74 acres · 2 species
• Renner Reservoir 72 acres · 2 species
• Upper Medicine Lodge Lake 65 acres · 3 species
• Triangle Lake 64 acres · 2 species
• Lily Lake 64 acres · 4 species
• West Tensleep Lake 60 acres · 4 species
• East Tensleep Lake 56 acres · 3 species
• Lake Helen 53 acres · 2 species
• Mirror Lake 50 acres · 4 species
• Lower Medicine Lodge Lake 42 acres · 3 species
• Mistymoon Lake 40 acres · 2 species
• Mayland Stock Pond 40 acres · 4 species
• Upper Crater Lake 40 acres · 6 species
• Lake Adelaide 38 acres · 3 species
• Cliff Lake 37 acres · 5 species
• Leavitt Reservoir 33 acres · 6 species
• Lake Eunice 32 acres · 1 species
• NE Solitude Lake 6 32 acres · 1 species
• Loomis Lake 32 acres · 2 species
• Lake Elsa 32 acres · 6 species
• Shell Lake 30 acres · 1 species
• Horseshoe Reservoir 28 acres · 3 species
• Middle Cloud Peak lake 26 acres · 6 species
• NE Solitude Lake 5 25 acres · 1 species
• Walters Reservoir 25 acres · 6 species
• Lower Paintrock Lake 24 acres · 1 species
• Florence Lake 23 acres · 2 species
• Albert Wardell Reservoir 23 acres · 6 species
• Lower Paint Rock Lake 22 acres · 6 species
• Gunboat Lake 21 acres · 1 species
• Five Springs Number 2 Reservoir 19 acres · 6 species
• Lake Elsie 17 acres · 1 species
• North Solitude Lake 1 16 acres · 1 species
• Lower Pouch Lake 16 acres · 1 species
• Mud Lake 16 acres · 2 species
• Upper Paint Rock Lake 16 acres · 6 species
• Poacher Lake 16 acres · 6 species
• Lower Rainbow Lake 15 acres · 1 species
• Lake Marion 13 acres · 2 species
• Grace Lake 13 acres · 1 species
• Lake Arden 13 acres · 1 species
• Eberhard Reservoir 13 acres · 1 species
• Crystal Lake 12 acres · 2 species
• Golden Lake 1 10 acres · 1 species
• Sheepherder Lake 9 acres · 2 species
• Upper Pouch Lake 9 acres · 1 species
• NE Solitude Lake 1 8 acres · 1 species
• Upper Lake Of The Rough 8 acres · 1 species
• Six-Mile Reservoir 8 acres · 1 species
• NE Solitude Lake 4 7 acres · 1 species
• NE Solitude Lake 2 7 acres · 1 species
• NE Solitude Lake 3 7 acres · 1 species
• Robin Lake 6 acres · 1 species
• Lid 99 Lake 6 acres · 1 species
• Lower Lake Of The Rough 5 acres · 1 species
• Willett Lake 5 acres · 1 species
• Little Shell Lake 4 acres · 1 species
• Margaret Lake 4 acres · 2 species
• Rough-Granite Lake 4 acres · 2 species
• Bill E Reservoir 4 acres · 1 species
• Bunion Lake 3 acres · 1 species
• Upper Paintrock Lake 3 acres · 1 species
• Dime Lake 3 acres · 1 species
• Golden Lake 2 2 acres · 1 species
• North Paintrock Creek Lake 2 acres · 1 species
• Life Mud Reservoir 2 acres · 1 species
• Brindle Creek Pond 2 acres · 2 species
• Black Pond 2 acres · 1 species
• Cow Camp Lake · 1 species

Rivers

• Nowood River 95 mi in WY · 9 species
• Bighorn River 161 mi in WY · 11 species
• Shoshone River 78 mi in WY · 15 species
• Bear Creek (Bighorn Basin) 27 mi in WY · 1 species
• Shell Creek, Above Beaver Creek 26 mi in WY · 5 species
• Greybull River, Below Wood River Confluence 23 mi in WY · 9 species
• Paintrock Creek 19 mi in WY · 5 species
• Bitter Creek (Bighorn Basin) 18 mi in WY · 1 species
• Porcupine Creek, Below Falls 17 mi in WY · 4 species
• Shell Creek, Below Beaver Creek 14 mi in WY · 4 species
• Beaver Creek (Bighorn Basin) 13 mi in WY · 1 species
• Medicine Lodge, Dry Creek 16 mi in WY · 2 species
• Polecat Creek (Bighorn Basin) 13 mi in WY · 1 species
• Leigh Creek 14 mi in WY · 4 species
• White Creek (Bighorn Basin) 13 mi in WY · 1 species
• Sand Draw 12 mi in WY · 1 species
• Horse Creek (Bighorn Basin) 14 mi in WY · 1 species
• Medicine Lodge Creek, Above Fs 12 mi in WY · 3 species
• Deer Creek (Bighorn Basin) 11 mi in WY · 4 species
• Medicine Lodge Creek, Below Fs 12 mi in WY · 2 species
• Paintrock Creek, North 12 mi in WY · 2 species
• Broken Back Creek 10 mi in WY · 2 species
• Paintrock Creek, South 10 mi in WY · 2 species
• Tensleep Creek, East 9 mi in WY · 6 species
• Crooked Creek (Bighorn Basin) 7 mi in WY · 1 species
• Beaver Creek, North (Bighorn Basin) 10 mi in WY · 2 species
• Mantua Draw 8 mi in WY · 1 species
• Cedar Creek (Bighorn Basin) 9 mi in WY · 2 species
• Beaver Creek, South (Bighorn Basin) 9 mi in WY · 2 species
• Willow Creek (Bighorn Basin) 8 mi in WY · 1 species
• Tensleep Creek 8 mi in WY · 2 species
• Trapper Creek, Canyon 8 mi in WY · 4 species
• Trapper Creek (Bighorn Basin) 7 mi in WY · 4 species
• Tongue, West Fork South 7 mi in WY · 3 species
• Lodge Grass Creek 8 mi in WY · 1 species
• Buckskin Ed Creek 8 mi in WY · 2 species
• Broken Back Creek, North 8 mi in WY · 1 species
• Baby Wagon Creek 6 mi in WY · 1 species
• Bull Creek (Powder River area) 8 mi in WY · 5 species
• Soldier Creek (Bighorn Basin) 7 mi in WY · 3 species
• Owen Creek (Powder River area) 7 mi in WY · 4 species
• Porcupine Creek, Above Falls 6 mi in WY · 2 species
• Peterson Creek 6 mi in WY · 1 species
• Bucking Mule Creek 6 mi in WY · 2 species
• Alamo Creek 5 mi in WY · 1 species
• Mail Creek 5 mi in WY · 2 species
• Long Park Creek 5 mi in WY · 1 species
• Paintrock Creek, Canyon 6 mi in WY · 4 species
• Moraine Creek 5 mi in WY · 1 species
• Buffalo Creek (Bighorn Basin) 6 mi in WY · 1 species
• Willett Creek 5 mi in WY · 1 species
• Laddie Creek 5 mi in WY · 1 species
• Wilderness Creek 5 mi in WY · 1 species
• Mill Creek (Bighorn Basin) 5 mi in WY · 1 species
• Tensleep Creek, West Above Island Park 5 mi in WY · 2 species
• Virginia Creek 4 mi in WY · 1 species
• Porcupine Creek (Bighorn Basin) 4 mi in WY · 1 species
• Brokenback Creek 5 mi in WY · 2 species
• Buckley Creek 4 mi in WY · 1 species
• Tepee Creek, Big 4 mi in WY · 5 species
• Granite Creek (Bighorn Basin) 4 mi in WY · 2 species
• Edelman Creek 4 mi in WY · 1 species
• White Drain Creek 4 mi in WY · 1 species
• Brindle Creek 4 mi in WY · 2 species
• Tensleep Creek, West Below Island Park 4 mi in WY · 3 species
• Arnoldus Drain Creek 3 mi in WY · 1 species
• Granite Creek, South 3 mi in WY · 1 species
• Garnet Creek 3 mi in WY · 1 species
• Trapper Creek, South 3 mi in WY · 1 species
• Trapper Creek, North 3 mi in WY · 1 species
• Tepee Creek, Little 3 mi in WY · 2 species
• Adelaide Creek 2 mi in WY · 2 species
• Grouse Creek (Bighorn Basin) 3 mi in WY · 1 species
• Johnie Creek 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Tillets Hole Creek 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Granite Creek, North 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Bald Mountain Creek 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Pasture Creek (Bighorn Basin) 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Porcupine Tributary West Creek 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Johnny Creek 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Little Falls Creek 2 mi in WY · 2 species
• Mckeon Creek 2 mi in WY · 2 species
• North Soldier Creek 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Wyoming Gulch Creek 2 mi in WY · 1 species
• Lake Creek, North 1 mi in WY · 1 species

Wyoming Fishing Licence

One Wyoming fishing licence covers every public water in the state, Flaming Gorge and the North Platte included — the resident annual is about $27, the non-resident annual about $102 (one of the highest in the US), plus a ~$21.50 Conservation Stamp. Anglers under 14 fish free with a licensed adult; residents 65+ pay a reduced fee. Buy at wgfd.wyo.gov.

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