Fishing near Rock Springs, WY

Sitting in Sweetwater County in southwest Wyoming, Rock Springs anchors a cold-water fishing region defined by tailwaters, big reservoirs, and desert streams. The marquee draw is Flaming Gorge Reservoir, a 91-mile, 275-mile-shoreline impoundment on the Green River about 40 miles south via US-191. Closer in, Jim Bridger Pond, Fontenelle Reservoir, and the Green River round out a fishery that holds 11 Wyoming state records.

Top waters to fish near Rock Springs

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Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Burbot

Lota lota

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Kokanee Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Smallmouth Bass

Tiger Trout

Utah Chub

Gila atraria

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Arctic Grayling

Thymallus arcticus

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