Fishing near Cody, WY

Cody sits in Park County in northwest Wyoming, at the eastern gateway to Yellowstone National Park. The area is known for world-class trout fishing across a network of rivers, reservoirs, and high-country lakes. The Shoshone River and its north and south forks, Buffalo Bill Reservoir, and waters stretching toward the Beartooth Plateau and Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone draw anglers from across the country year-round.

Top waters to fish near Cody

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Cody, Wyoming and what's needed to catch them.

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Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Tiger Trout

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Mountain Sucker

Catostomus platyrhynchus

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Burbot

Lota lota

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

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