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Fishing regulations at Upper Brooks Lakes, WY
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Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Brook trout as of April 22nd, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
Brook trout
Seasons
Open
Bag limit
16
Salvelinus fontinalis, brookie, coaster, speckled trout
AREA 1 EXCEPTIONS TO STATEWIDE REGULATIONSGrand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway.
OTHER AREA 1 REGULATIONSArea 1 Live Baitfish
OTHER AREA 2 RGULATIONSArea 2 Live Baitfish
- Fishing is permitted as described on pages 8-9 except as otherwise specified in this section. Fishing shall be in conformance with laws and regulations of the Commission, the state of Wyoming and the regulations of the National Park Service.
- The creel limit on trout shall be six(6)per day or in possession. No more than three (3) shall be cutthroat trout; and, no more than one (1) cutthroat trout shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
- The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches; and, no more than one (1) cutthroat trout shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
- Closed to fishing December 1 through July 31.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- Christian Ponds, Hedrick Pond, Moose Pond, Sawmill Pond, and Swan Lake.
- Closed to fishing December 1 through July 31.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed to fishing from October 1 through October 31.
- See Snake River below.
- The use of personal watercraft is prohibited on all waters.
- The use of motorized watercraft is prohibited on all waters, excluding Jackson and Jenny lakes.
- The use or possession of live baitfish is prohibited. The use or possession of dead baitfish or parts thereof is prohibited on all waters except that it shall be permissible to possess or use the following dead baitfish on any lake where fishing is not restricted to the use of artificial flies and lures only; redside shiner, speckled dace, longnose dace, Paiute sculpin, mottled sculpin, Utah chub, Utah sucker and commercially preserved dead baitfish.
- The use of archery equipment and spearguns is prohibited.
- Closed to fishing from November 1 through July 31.
- The creel limit on trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) shall be a cutthroat trout; and, all cutthroat trout less than twenty (20) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies only.
- National Elk Refuge regulations restrict fishing access to daylight hours only.
- Closed to fishing throughout the calendar year.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- National Elk Refuge regulations prohibit fishing from December 1 through March 31.
- Closed to fishing from October 1 through October 31.
- The use of a motor in excess of ten (10) horsepower prohibited.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- Closed to fishing throughout the calendar year.
- Closed to fishing from November 1 through July 31.
- The creel limit on trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) shall be a cutthroat trout; and, all cutthroat trout less than twenty (20) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies only.
- National Elk Refuge regulations restrict fishing access to daylight hours only.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- All cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately from November 1 through March 31.
- All cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately from November 1 through March 31.
- All cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately from November 1 through March 31.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
- Use of motorized watercraft is prohibited, except motorized watercraft, other than personal watercraft, powered by a single motor not to exceed one hundred fifteen (115) horse- power are allowed from South Park Bridge (U.S. Highway 26/89/191) to West Table boat ramp from the day after Labor Day through March 31st.
- All cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately from November 1 through March 31.
- The creel limit on trout shall be one (1) per day or in possession. All trout less than twenty (20) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
OTHER AREA 1 REGULATIONSArea 1 Live Baitfish
- The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 1 is prohibited. Holders of valid seining licenses may only seine, net, trap or spear baitfish native to the drainage for use as dead bait, excluding the waters within Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway. Any baitfish captured shall be killed immediately. Baitfish permissible for use as dead bait in the Snake River drainage are redside shiner, speckled dace, longnose dace, Paiute sculpin, mottled sculpin, Utah chub, Utah sucker and commercially preserved dead baitfish.
- The boundaries of Palisades Reservoir shall be the confluence of the Snake and Greys rivers and McCoy Creek Bridge on the Salt River arm.
- Trout - five (5) fish per day, ten (10) fish in possession;
- Bass - ten (10) fish per day, twenty (20) in possession;
- Burbot (ling) - three (3) fish per day or in possession;
- Channel catfish - six (6) fish per day or in possession;
- Crappie - fifteen (15) per day, thirty (30) in possession.
- 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;
- Shovelnose sturgeon - two (2) fish per day or in possession; and,
- Other game species - no limit.
- 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.
- All trout and brook trout shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
- The creel limit on brook trout shall be two (2) per day or in possession. Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- 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.
- 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.
- The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession. No more than two (2) shall be cutthroat trout; and, no more than one (1) trout shall exceed eighteen (18) inches.
- Walleye are designated as nongame fish. All walleye caught shall be killed immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- The creel limit of walleye shall be three (3) per day or in possession.
- The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
- All cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- All trout and brook trout shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only. The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
- The creel limit on brook trout shall be two (2) per day or in possession. Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
- The creel limit on largemouth bass shall be two (2) per day or in possession. All bass between ten (10) and fifteen (15) inches (inclusive) shall be released to the water immediately; and, no more than one (1) bass shall exceed fifteen (15) inches.
- The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
- The creel limit on trout shall be two (2) per day or in possession. • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
- All trout shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed to ice fishing. Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- Closed to fishing throughout the calendar year.
- Closed to fishing from April 1 through June 30.
- The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day, or in possession. No more than two (2) shall be cutthroat trout; and, no more than one (1) trout shall exceed eighteen (18) inches.
- The creel limit on trout shall be six (6) per day, or in possession.
- Closed to human presence within 1/2 mile of aeration system from December 15 through March 10.
- The creel limit on trout shall be two (2) per day or in possession. All trout less than sixteen (16) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only. Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- The creel limit on largemouth bass shall be six (6) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) bass shall exceed twelve (12) inches. The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- Shoshone Lake and Shoshone Creek in Fremont County.
- Shoshone Creek upstream of Shoshone Lake is closed to fishing from September 1 through November 30
- The creel limit on brook trout shall be six (6) per day or in pos- session.
- Use of motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- The creel limit on brook trout shall be two (2) per day or in possession.
- Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
- Use of motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
- Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
OTHER AREA 2 RGULATIONSArea 2 Live Baitfish
- The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 2 is prohibited except as otherwise specified in this Section.
- Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in subsection (i) provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed below in subsection (ii). Live baitfish restricted to use in location A shall not be transported out of the designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in subsection (iii).
- (i) Live baitfish may be used in the following waters: Wardell Reservoir, Bighorn Lake in Big Horn County; Bighorn River; Deaver Reservoir in Park County; Harrington Reservoir in Big Horn County; Shoshone River downstream from Penrose Dam; Wind River downstream from Boysen Reservoir; Boysen Reservoir; Ocean Lake in Fremont county; and, Pilot Butte Reservoir. (ii) A holder of a valid seining license may seine, net, trap or spear baitfish from the following waters: Wind River and Bighorn River drainages downstream from the western boundary of the Wind River Reservation. (iii) The designated wild caught live baitfish possession area for location A is the Wind River and Bighorn River drainages downstream from the western boundary of the Wind River Reservation.
Regulations for
43°47′27.7″N 110°00′37.6″W
FAQ about Upper Brooks Lakes fishing
Upper Brooks Lakes is a lake located in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Its coordinates are:
43°47′27.7″N 110°00′37.6″W
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The most common species in Upper Brooks Lakes are:
- Brook trout - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
The latest Upper Brooks Lakes fishing reports are:
- @vance.pierce reported a nice Brook trout.
- @BrandonLink reported a nice Brook trout.
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