Golden Trout In Wyoming

This trout spawns in spring or early summer.

Golden trout in wyoming. They were brought over from California and they have beautiful coloring. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department manages 133 high alpine lakes for golden trout. This monster was 28 inches long and weighed more than 11 pounds.

I spent a couple of hours catching trout-after-trout at this unnamed lake which Im calling 10594 by the elevation I mapped it at. Theyll spawn in late spring and early summer and this is the best time to catch them. Named for its coloring golden with swaths of reds or pinks the fish exist in few areas.

Rather you need to strap on a backpack and hiking boots and hit the trails for a few days at a time. In the Cloud Peak Wilderness There are 11 bodies of water with golden trout on the Cody side of the Bighorn mountains. In contrast California goldens typically measure between 6 and 14 inches in their native Sierra Nevada range.

Wyoming High Country Trout. Several lakes in the Winds still produce goldens that reach or exceed the magical 5-pound mark. It wasnt very big or very bright but it was a golden.

The Wind River Range with its abundance of lakes in. 01052020 Golden Trout are a unique fish to catch in Wyoming. In the Cloud Peak Wilderness on the Cody side west side of the Bighorns there are eleven waters with golden trout.

But it is usually the golden trout that people seek. It was the first of several dozen that I would end up catching in the 3 days we were there. 16102020 Most of Wyomings golden trout reside in the Wind River mountains Lander and Pinedale regions.