2023 Fishing Regulations - 12

AREA 2 - REGULATION EXCEPTIONS
Area 2 means the Wind River, Bighorn River, Shoshone River, Clarks Fork and Yellowstone River drainages. Fishing is permitted as
described on pages 3 and 20-24 except as otherwise specified in this section:
Category
Trout (in combination includes brown, cutthroat, grayling, golden,
rainbow, salmon, tiger trout, and other trout hybrids). Excludes
brook trout, lake trout and splake.
Northern pike*
1. Beck Lake Recreation Area including Beck Lake, New Cody
Reservoir and Markham Reservoir in Park County
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
2. Bighorn Lake downstream from the causeway (U.S. Highway
14A) in Big Horn County.
The creel and possession limits are as follows:
* 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.
3. Bighorn and Wind River drainage lakes and streams in Area 2 in
Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties.
* 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.
4. Buffalo Bill Reservoir, excluding South Fork and Diamond
Creek Dike Ponds in Park County.
* 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 (excluding lake 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 (excluding
lake trout) shall exceed eighteen (18) inches.
* Walleye are designated as nongame fish.
* All walleye caught shall be killed immediately.
5. Clarks Fork River proper from the Wyoming/Montana state
line downstream to the Shoshone National Forest Boundary
(at mouth of Clarks Fork River Canyon) in Park County.
* Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
6. Deaver Reservoir in Park County.
* 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.
7. East Fork of the Wind River drainage streams upstream
from the confluence with the Wind River, including Bear
Creek and Wiggins Fork, in Fremont County.
* All cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately.
* Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
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Stream Exceptions
Drainage Exceptions
Other Exceptions
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25
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10
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Dubois
29
14
Ocean
Lake
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Lander
Boysen Res.
Shoshoni
Riverton
Thermopolis
Creel and Possession Limits
All lakes within Area 2, unless indicated otherwise: six (6)
All streams within Area 2, unless indicated otherwise: three (3) No
more than one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
TOTAL STREAMS AND LAKES COMBINED: six (6)
Nongame fish, unlimited harvest. Must be killed immediately.
* Please promptly report any captured Northern pike by calling one of the Drainage Area 2 offices (see page 7).
8. East Newton Lake in Park County.
* All trout, including 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.
9. Fiddlers Lake in Fremont County.
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
10. Fish Lake in Fremont County.
* 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 is prohibited.
11. Frye Lake in Fremont County.
* Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
12. Grace Lake in Big Horn County.
* 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.
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31 Powell
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Cody
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Meeteetse
Buffalo
Bill Res.
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3
28
Greybull
Basin
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Worland
32
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Ten Sleep
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Lovell
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