Best Fishing Times in Wyoming This Week
Near Pinedale, Cody and Saratoga: today on a 24 hour timeline and the next seven days rated Fair to Best.
Working out the moon and the sun for Pinedale, WY, and reading the forecast.
Fishing somewhere else? Enter any ZIP for your own spot
Photo: “Fall fishing on the Madison River at sunrise”, Jacob W. Frank, Yellowstone National Park (NPS), Public domain
Wyoming at a glance
Solunar windows plus the agency calendarWhen fish bite in Wyoming
Wyoming's fishing year runs from shore lake trout right after ice off and Glendo walleye in spring and summer, to river trout after runoff in late June and big Miracle Mile browns in October.
Each entry below is from Wyoming Game and Fish Department or its published guides, quoted word for word and linked. Line the season up with the week above: a run in its prime and a Great day with a window at first light is the morning to take off.
- Right after ice off
Lake trout
Right after ice off, lake trout can be caught from shore on Jackson, Jenny, Leigh and Phelps lakes before warm water pushes them deeper.
“Right after ice-off can be a great time to catch lake trout from shore on Jackson, Jenny, Leigh and Phelps lakes as they have not yet been pushed into deeper water by warm water temperatures”
Fantastic Fishing: 2025 Fishing Forecast, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, read October 9, 2026 - Spring and summer
Walleye
Glendo Reservoir is one of the best places in Wyoming for walleye in spring and summer.
“As always, Glendo Reservoir is one of the best places in the state for spring and summer walleye fishing.”
Fantastic Fishing: 2025 Fishing Forecast, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, read October 9, 2026 - June 15 to 30
Trout
In the Laramie Region, as rivers clear and drop from June 15 to 30, trout feed heavily on aquatic insect hatches.
“As water clears and begins to drop June 15-30, trout feed heavily on the abundant aquatic insect hatches in nearly every river in the region.”
Fantastic Fishing: 2025 Fishing Forecast, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, read October 9, 2026 - October
Brown trout
In October, large brown trout from Pathfinder Reservoir begin moving into the Miracle Mile, which makes it popular with fall anglers.
“The Miracle Mile is especially popular with fall anglers since October is when large brown trout from Pathfinder Reservoir begin moving into the river.”
Big walleye, hungry trout top fall fishing adventures around the state, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, read October 9, 2026
Reading the Wyoming timeline
Each day has two major solunar periods of about two hours, centered on the moon overhead and underfoot, and two minor periods of about an hour at moonrise and moonset. A window within an hour of sunrise or sunset is marked in gold. The rating adds the moon phase, the gold windows and a capped nudge from the National Weather Service forecast for each town. Every factor and its points.
Dawn and dusk are the reliable part; the moon windows are the old angler’s rule.
