Lake Desmet Wyoming Fishing Reports

Lake DeSmet is about 7 miles long and 2 miles large. It’s a deep, cold water lake. In many places the depth exceeds 100 feet. Its clear waters are full of trout. You may be able to enjoy catching rainbow, brown and Eagle Lake trout from 1 to 15 lbs. Lake DeSmet offers some of the finest trout fishing in the world! Trout are easily caught with spinners, bottom bait, trolling and fly-fishing. Lake DeSmet is usually called a gem in the rough. (anglerweb.com)

Lake DeSmet is notorious for developing pockets of unsafe ice, which are prone to swallowing up vehicles. Driving on ice – in any lake – isn’t suggested, however Wyoming Game and Fish says it is particularly worse on Lake DeSmet. Rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and yellow perch will be the most probably catches there this season. Anglers may also see an sporadic big brown trout or walleye. On Lake DeSmet and Healy Reservoir, anglers may also use commercially made live minnows. (sheridanmedia.com)

But before and setting tip-ups, Game and Fish officials remind anglers about some changes in rules this season. Beginning Jan. 1, illegally presented burbot in the Green River drainage can not be released back into the water. They’re now considered a nongame fish west of the Continental Divide, which means anglers can either eat them or throw them away, Keith said. Game fish, on the other hand, must be eaten. (trib.com)

In spite of the sporadic snowflake and a nasty crosswind, it didn t take long for the transition from winter to spring fishing to play its course. More and more fishermen pack the waters of Johnson County each day with the clearing of ice and higher temperatures. The waters are close to being totally clear, and Wyoming Game and Fish Department warden Jim Seeman says now is the best time to get out and fish. (buffalobulletin.com)

The lake’s Counties Coalition Joint Powers Board-has approached the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to lease a small part of the lake’s water needed to sustain fisheries. The lease could protect one of the most important fisheries and water recreation resources in the region while allowing for the lease or sale of plentiful water for industrial uses. Minimum water levels in the lake could drop as much as 50 feet without this protection. If this happened, the area of exposed shoreline could about equal the area of the water surface. This could risk the important local profit that’s generated from the lake’s recreation business. (powderriverbasin.org)

I started working full time in the summers when I was 11. Being on a lobster ship with all those things that could go wrong you constantly tell yourself to stay out of the water that said I am a pretty good swimmer . It is hard to flip a switch and let yourself the freedom of enjoying a good swim. Being on the water to me is like being on a sofa to most. I realize as much as I loved and miss the west, I should be near the gulf of Maine. (fieldandstream.com)

Shoshone Lake has had many names since fur trappers 1st viewed it in the early 1800s. Jim Bridger may have visited the lake in 1833, however surely visited it in 1846. Trapper Osborne Russell visited the lake in 1839, then Shoshone Lake was called Snake Lake. A map produced by father Pierre-Jean De Smet in 1851 showed the lake as DeSmet’s Lake. Walter DeLacy, the Montana map maker named the lake DeLacy’s Lake when he passed through the area in 1863. The Cook Folsom Peterson Expedition camped at the north end of the lake on September 29, 1869 but didn’t refer to it by name in their journals, they did but incorrectly believe Shoshone Lake was the supply of the Firehole and Madison Rivers. (greater-yellowstone.com)

The lower are fishing well. The hot afternoons are starting to show some fluctuation and off-color temperament. That doesn’t mean the fishing is bad. In fact, it frequently rouses the fish into feeding more vigorously. The off-color water and temperature changes stimulate the insects into growing and hatching. The higher water in the afternoon stirs up the sediment causing the off color and it can dislodge insects and worms that get gobbled up by the fish. Get out and have some fun, however be cautious with the higher and more dangerous waters. (myinforms.com)

We stopped here for one night on the way to Yellowstone. It’s a county park. There are 6 or 8 back in sites that aren’t on the water. We just parked on a spot that was pretty level about 20 ft from the water. Beautiful view and nice and peaceful. Dry camping only. Located about 5 miles north of Buffalo and easy to get too. We parked here with a 35ft FW and didn’t unhook. Loved it and greatly recommend it for a one night stop over. Could stop here again. Not sure how many sites, just guessed. We camped at Lake DeSmet Potts Landing in a 5th Wheel. (rvparkreviews.com)

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