Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Goose Creek is a freestone river in Wyoming, listed as Red Ribbon by Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department lists 1 species. 2 guides nearby are listed here.
Goose Creek is a freestone river in Wyoming. Wyoming has 3 waters named Goose Creek in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Laramie County, the one the agency list names.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Goose Creek 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 Goose Creek
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 within 2 miles of Goose Creek 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.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
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.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Middle Crow CreekThe North Platte River at Glendo, Wyoming (below Glendo Reservoir, not the Grey Reef or Miracle Mile reaches). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Middle Crow Creek.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Laramie RiverThe New Fork River at the DDZ Bridge near Boulder, Wyoming, in winter. Photo: Clayton B. Fraser, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laramie River.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Mule CreekThe Wind River valley above Dubois, Wyoming. Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mule Creek.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Little Laramie RiverLower Green River Lake below Squaretop Mountain, at the head of the Green River. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Laramie River.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not North Sybille CreekThe upper Hoback River valley at Bondurant, Wyoming, in autumn (the river itself is out of frame). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr Not North Sybille Creek.
Blue RibbonRepresentative photo · not Sybille CreekThe Gros Ventre River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sybille Creek.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Red Ribbon streams (WGFD stream classification: Red, 300-599 lbs trout/mile) list (Wyoming Game and Fish Department, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-05) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Whole Goose Creek, not only this reach.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel of the whole Goose Creek. 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.
3.8 of 19.7 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Laramie, WY · 32 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · North Platte & Miracle Mile
Nearby
Laramie, WY · 33 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · North Platte & Grey Reef
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
5 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Mother's Day caddis (Grannom) (May) · Salmonfly (May to June) · Salmonfly (May to July) · Salmonfly (July) · Trico (August to September)
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
Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
Like the Goose Creek? Same fish, overseas.
Flagship waterDaybreak on the Nipigon River. Photo: Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverThe Sava Dolinka below the confluence with Beli potok. Photo: Savinjc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverThe Credit River at Streetsville. Photo: Mustang Joe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Clarence LagoonPenstock Lagoon, Central Highlands, Tasmania. Photo: Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clarence Lagoon.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Laguna ParrillarThe Río Simpson passing Coyhaique, Aysén. Photo: Manxuc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laguna Parrillar.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lake PlimsollLake Burbury in the late afternoon, from the Lyell Highway. Photo: WikiWookie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Plimsoll.
Southern seasons open while ours close.
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Penstock LagoonArthurs Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Lcham67, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Penstock Lagoon.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río PetrohuéThe Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lago LlanquihueThe Río Petrohué near Puerto Varas, Los Lagos. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lago Llanquihue.
Lake or reservoir
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Mataura RiverThe Oreti River near Lumsden, Southland. Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mataura River.
Flagship waterGreat Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A wade-fishing checklist for big western trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier and where to buy.
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Goose Creek.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
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: a point on the mapped channel of “Goose Creek”, halfway along its length in Wyoming, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 5 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Middle Crow CreekThe North Platte River at Glendo, Wyoming (below Glendo Reservoir, not the Grey Reef or Miracle Mile reaches). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Middle Crow Creek.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Laramie RiverThe New Fork River at the DDZ Bridge near Boulder, Wyoming, in winter. Photo: Clayton B. Fraser, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laramie River.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Mule CreekThe Wind River valley above Dubois, Wyoming. Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mule Creek.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not Little Laramie RiverLower Green River Lake below Squaretop Mountain, at the head of the Green River. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Laramie River.
Red RibbonRepresentative photo · not North Sybille CreekThe upper Hoback River valley at Bondurant, Wyoming, in autumn (the river itself is out of frame). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr Not North Sybille Creek.
Blue RibbonRepresentative photo · not Sybille CreekThe Gros Ventre River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sybille Creek.
