Fontenelle Reservoir

Type
Lake or reservoir, Wyoming (West)
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
2 name it
Shops
None listed

Today on Fontenelle Reservoir

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Fontenelle Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Wyoming.

More about Fontenelle Reservoir

2 guides nearby are listed here.

Updated

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Where it is

Fontenelle Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Wyoming.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Fontenelle Reservoir or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Fontenelle Reservoir

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Fontenelle Reservoir

Restrooms near Fontenelle Reservoir

Restrooms within 2 miles of Fontenelle Reservoir in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

Map of the restroom near Fontenelle Reservoir

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 1 restroom near Fontenelle Reservoir, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    1.9 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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    Photo credit

    The New Fork River at the DDZ Bridge near Boulder, Wyoming, in winter. Photo: Clayton B. Fraser, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons

    New Fork River

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    Photo credit

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    Big Sandy River

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  • The Salt River winding through green willow bottomland in Star Valley, WyomingDesignated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Hams Fork
    Photo credit

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    Hams Fork

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    Brown trout

  • Brown autumn grass and a dry hillside in the open upper Hoback River valley near Bondurant, WyomingRed RibbonRepresentative photo · not Pine Creek
    Photo credit

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    Pine Creek

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  • Flat Creek in Jackson reflecting clouds, with a ski hill's runs on the mountain behindDesignated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Smiths Fork
    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
7,830 acres
Watershed
Upper Green

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

21.4 of 43.5 mi of shoreline on public land

  • Fontenelle ReservoirBureau of Reclamation · 21.4 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Fontenelle Reservoir

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

2 guides name it on their website

Guides

  • Wyoming Fishing Company

    Daniel, WY · 55 mi

    Float trips · Wade trips · Green & Wind

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Two Rivers Fishing Company

    Pinedale, WY · 57 mi

    Float trips · Wade trips · Green & New Fork

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The hatch and season chart for this water's region.

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Northern Rockies
About this chart

5 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

  1. January: no charted hatch
  2. February: no charted hatch
  3. March: no charted hatch
  4. April: no charted hatch
  5. May: 3 charted hatches
  6. June: 2 charted hatches
  7. July: 2 charted hatches
  8. August: 1 charted hatch
  9. September: 1 charted hatch
  10. October: no charted hatch
  11. November: no charted hatch
  12. December: no charted hatch

Mother's Day caddis (Grannom) (May) · Salmonfly (May to June) · Salmonfly (May to July) · Salmonfly (July) · Trico (August to September)

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Fontenelle Reservoir.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Fontenelle Reservoir” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.