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Casper District
BLM Recreational Fishing Opportunities
BLM FISHING WYOMING, Casper District (Map)
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Fishing in the Casper District
1. Tongue River
- Directions - Access from Dayton; south Tongue
access from US 14; north Tongue access from US 14A.
- Facilities/Activities -
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Brook Trout
2. Lake DeSmet
- Directions - Access from I-90, 5 miles north of Buffalo.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Toilet Facilities,
Camping, Boat Launch, Power Boating, Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Perch
3. Healy Reservoir
4. Clear Creek
5. East Slope Bighorn Lakes
- Directions - Access from US 16 or US 14 on Big
Horn National Forest.(Over 20 Lakes)
- Comments - Consult the U.S. Forest Service.
USFS
Buffalo Ranger District
300 South Spruce Street
Buffalo, WY 82834
(307)684-7981
- Facilities/Activities - Hiking
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout,
Brook Trout, Splake
6. Muddy Guard Reservoir
7. Dull Knife Reservoir
8. Beartrap Creek
9. Blue Creek
- Directions - Access on WY 190, 15 miles west of
Kaycee to Barnum, then 1 mile southwest on Bar C Road to fishing access
sign on Blue Creek.
- Facilities/Activities - Parking
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Brook Trout,
10. Middle Fork of the Powder River
- Directions - Access on WY 190, 15 miles west of
Kaycee to Barnum, then 6 miles southwest on Bar C Road to interpretive
sign, then west on Outlaw Cave Road to campground. Foot travel down
trail to river.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Toilet Facilities,
Camping,
Hiking, Wildlife Viewing, Hunting, Cultural or Historic Site,
Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
11. Buffalo Creek
- Directions - Access 33-Mile/Willow Creek County
Road junction, East on Willow Creek Road .5 mile, then north 5 miles to
Buffalo Creek Canyon.
- Comments - Foot travel into Buffalo Creek Canyon.
- Facilities/Activities -
- Fish Species - Brown Trout
12. Reservoirs North of Casper
- Directions - Access 14 miles northwest of Casper
on US 20/26, then north on Bucknum Road (County Road 125) and 33-Mile
Road (County Road 110); Access trails are off the 33-Mile Road at 16 to
27 miles north of US 20/26.
- Comments - Ask at the Casper BLM of WGFD offices.
- Facilities/Activities -
- Fish Species - Trout-stocked reservoirs
13. Golden Reservoir
- Directions - Access 19 miles northwest of Casper
on US 20/26, then 1 mile north on the Goldeneye Road.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Boat Launch,
Wildlife
Viewing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout
14. Pathfinder Reservoir
- Directions - Access 6 miles west of Alcova on US
220, then 7 miles south on Pathfinder Road.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Toilet Facilities,
Boat Launch,
Power Boating, Non-Power Boating, Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Ohrid
Brown Trout, Walleye
15. Alcova Reservoir
- Directions - Access 2 miles west of Alcova on US
220, then 2 miles south on Lakeshore Drive.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Toilet Facilities,
Camping, Boat
Launch, Power Boating, Non-Power Boating, Trailer Parking, Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Walleye
16. Grey Reef (North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 30 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220, then .5 mile southeast on County Road 412.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
17. Lusby
(North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 24 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220, then 2 miles south on WGFD graded road.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Boat Launch,
Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
18. Bolton Creek (North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 20 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220, then 1 mile southeast on County Road 404.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
19. Miles Landing (North Platte
River)
- Directions- Access 20 miles southwest of Casper on
US 220 parking area is at northeast end of bridge.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
20. By The Way (North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 18 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220, then 1.25 miles north on County Road 316.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Boat Launch,
Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
21. Clarkson Hill (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 21 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220, then 2 miles north on County Road 361.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
22. Sechrist(North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 15 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220, then .25 mile north on WGFD graded road.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Boat Launch,
Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
23. The Narrows (North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 14 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220. Parking is immediately north of highway.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating,
Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
24. Bessemer Bend Historic Site (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 10 miles southwest of Casper
on US 220, then 2.5 miles northwest on County Road 308.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Non-Power
Boating,
Historic Site
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
25. Robertson Road (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 6 miles southwest of Casper on
US 220, then 2 miles north on Robertson Road (County Road 305).
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout
26. Kimball Wilkins, State Park (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 6 miles east of Casper on US
20/26.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Toilet Facilities,
Boat Launch,
Non-Power Boating, Swimming, Wildlife Viewing, Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Channel
Catfish
27. Big Muddy Bridge (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 12 miles east of Casper on US
20/26, then .5 mile north on Cole Creek Road (County Road 21).
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Channel
Catfish
28. Monkey Hill Bridge (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 1 mile north of Glenrock on WY
95.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Channel
Catfish
29. Power and Light Power Plant (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 5 miles east of Glenrock on US
20/26, then 1 mile east on County Road 27 immediately down - stream of
the power plant.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Channel
Catfish
30. Pacific Power and Light (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access 5 miles east of Glenrock on US
20/26, then 3 miles east on County Road 27.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Walleye, Channel Catfish
31. Bixby (North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 5 miles east of Glenrock on US
20/26, then 7 miles east on County Road 27.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Walleye, Channel Catfish
32. City of Douglas (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Access at West Yellowstone Street (US
20/26) Bridge.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Drinking Water,
Toilet
Facilities, Camping, Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Walleye, Channel Catfish
33. Wyoming Game and Fish Department (North Platte
River)
- Directions - Four sites: Access 1.5 miles west of
Douglas on US 20/26, then 4 to 8 miles south on WY 94.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Walleye, Channel Catfish
34. Glendo Reservoir
- Directions - Access 4.5 miles southeast of Glendo
on Glendo Park Road.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Camping,
Boat Launch,
Power Boating, Non-Power Boating, Trailer Parking, Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Walleye, Channel Catfish, Yellow
Perch
35. Glendo Dam (North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 5.5 miles southeast of Glendo
on Glendo Park Road, then 1 mile south on Power Plant Road, then 2
miles east on WGFD 4-wheel drive trail.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Walleye
36. Wendover (North Platte River)
- Directions - Access 3 miles west of Guernsey on US
26, then 8.5 miles northwest on Wendover Road.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Boat Launch,
Power
Boating, Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Cutthroat Trout, Walleye
37. Guernsey Reservoir
- Directions - Access 3 miles west of Guernsey on US
26, then 1 mile north on WY 317 to fee entrance.
- Comments - Not managed as a fishery
- Facilities/Activities - Fee Site, Toilet Facilities,
Boat Launch,
Power Boating, Non-Power Boating, Sightseeing
38. Guernsey Reservoir to Nebraska State Line
- Directions - Various access points ask locally.
- Comments - Not managed as a fishery
- Facilities/Activities - Fee Site, Non-Power
Boating, Wildlife
Viewing, Sightseeing
39. Grayrocks Reservoir
- Directions - Access 1 mile north of Wheatland on
I-25, then .5 mile east on Laramie River Road, then 2 miles north on WY
320, then 14 miles east on County Road 67.
- Facilities/Activities - Toilet Facilities, Camping,
Power Boating,
Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Channel Catfish, Walleye, Large
and Smallmouth Bass,
Crappie, Yellow Perch, Boat Launch
40. Joe Johnson Reservoir
- Directions - Access 6.5 miles north of Wheatland
on I-25, then .5 mile east on County Road 47.
- Facilities/Activities - Boat Launch, Non-Power
Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish,
Black Bullhead
41. Rock Lake
- Directions - Access 6 miles north of Wheatland on
I-25, then 4 miles west on WY 34, then 2 miles north on County Road
151, then .25 miles west on WGFD graded road.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Channel Catfish, Walleye,
Largemouth Bass, Yellow
Perch, Black Bullhead
42. Packers Lake
- Directions - Access 1.25 miles south of Lyman,
Nebraska on County Road 79C, then .25 mile west on unnamed dirt road.
- Facilities/Activities - Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish,
Walleye
43. Hawk Springs Reservoir
- Directions - Access 5 miles south of Hawk Springs
on US 85, then 3.5 miles east on County Road 186.
- Facilities/Activities - Fee Site, Picnicking,
Camping, Boat Launch,
Power Boating, Non-Power Boating
- Fish Species - Brown Trout, Channel Catfish,
Walleye, Large and
Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
44. McMaster Reservoir
45. MW Reservoir
46. LAK Reservoir
- Directions - Access 5 miles east of Newcastle on
US 16, then .5 mile north on Beaver Creek Road.
- Facilities/Activities - Power Boating, Non-Power
Boating, Wildlife
Viewing, Sightseeing, Interpretive Sign
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass
47. Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir
48. CB and Q Reservoir
49. Cold Springs Creek
50. Keyhole Reservoir (State Park)
- Directions - Access 10 miles northeast of
Moorcroft on US 14 and Pine Haven Road.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Drinking Water,
Toilet
Facilities, Camping, Marina, Boat Launch, Non-Power Boating, Hiking,
Sightseeing, Swimming, Store, Cafe
- Fish Species - Channel Catfish, Walleye,
Northern Pike
51. Belle Fourche River
52. Sand Creek
- Directions - Access 5 miles south of Buelah on
Sand Creek County Road.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Drinking Water,
Toilet
Facilities, Camping, Trailer Parking, Wildlife Viewing, Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout,
Brook Trout
53. Cook Lake
- Directions - Access 13 miles north of Sundance on
USFS roads 838 and 843.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Toilet Facilities,
Camping,
Non-Power Boating, Wildlife Viewing, Sightseeing
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
54. Gillette Lake
- Directions - Access 2 miles southeast of I-90 in
Gillette on WY 59, then east into parking area.
- Facilities/Activities - Picnicking, Toilet Facilities
- Fish Species - Rainbow Trout
Casper District Facilities/Activities Chart
State of Wyoming