2023 Fishing Regulations - 14

AREA 3 - REGULATION EXCEPTIONS
Area 3 means the Niobrara River, Cheyenne River, Stockade-Beaver Creek, Sand Creek, Belle Fourche River, Little Missouri River, Little
Powder River, Powder River, Tongue River, and Little Bighorn 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
Creel and Possession Limits
All lakes within Area 3, unless indicated otherwise: six (6)
All streams within Area 3, unless indicated otherwise: six (6)
TOTAL STREAMS AND LAKES COMBINED: six (6)
All waters within Area 3, with the exception of waters within
Keyhole State Park: Nongame fish, unlimited harvest. Must be
killed immediately.
1. Black Elk Pond in Weston County.
* Watercraft prohibited.
2. Black Hills Power and Light Osage Pond in Weston County.
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
3. Bull Creek in Sheridan County.
* All trout (except brook trout) shall be released to the water
immediately.
* Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
4. Cook Lake in Crook County.
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
5. Gillette Fishing Lake in Campbell County.
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
6. Healy Reservoir in Johnson County.
* The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
7.
Keyhole Reservoir, all waters within the boundaries of Keyhole
State Park in Crook County.
* The creel limit on northern pike shall
be three (3) per day or in possession.
All northern pike less than thirty (30)
inches in length shall be released to the
water immediately.
13
8. Kleenburn Ponds in Sheridan County.
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
9.
Middle Fork of Powder River, from Bachaus Creek
downstream to the Bar C Road (Johnson County Road
238) on the Bar C Ranch in Johnson 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.
10. Muddy Guard Reservoir No. 1 in Johnson County.
* 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.
11. Muddy Guard Reservoirs in Johnson County.
* The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower
prohibited.
12. North Sayles Reservoir #1 (on Bud Love WHMA)
in Johnson County.
* 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.
12 WYOMING GAME AND FISH
Stream Exceptions
Drainage Exceptions
Other Exceptions
Burgess
Jct.
17
3
14
15
13. North Tongue River drainage upstream of U.S. Forest Service
Road 15 (Burgess Road) in Sheridan County.
* All trout (except brook trout) shall be released to the water
immediately.
* Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
14. Park Reservoir in Johnson and Sheridan counties.
* The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
15.
Ranchester City Reservoir in Sheridan County.
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
16. Sand Creek, from the Black Hills National Forest boundary
downstream through the Ranch A property (Wyoming State
Trust Land) in Crook County.
* Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
17. Sibley Lake in Sheridan County.
* Use of internal combustion engines is prohibited.
Ranchester
8 18
Sheridan
Hulett
4
12
Buffalo
19
10
11
Kaycee
9
3
Manville
Lusk
Wright
6
16
Keyhole Res.
Gillette
5
7
Moorcroft
Upton
2
1
Newcastle
Sundance
S
r
P
e
i
R
o d
w
r
r
o
R
r
o
v
i
P
r
e
R
v
R
i
v
i
e
r
e
L
F
B
e
i
o
t
lle
o
t
t
u
r
l
u
r
e r
e
h
d
P
wo d
e
w e
e
v
k
c
F
h

2023 Fishing Regulations

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of 2023 Fishing Regulations