040-46 Wyo. Code R. §§ 46-32 - Area 5 Exceptions to General Provisions
Fishing is permitted as described in Sections 1 through 15 of this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this Section:
(a) All lakes within Area 5, unless indicated
otherwise, in Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona, Niobrara, and
Platte counties.
(i) The creel limit on brook
trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession.
(b) All streams within Area 5, unless
indicated otherwise, in Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona,
Niobrara and Platte counties.
(i) The creel
limit on brook trout shall be sixteen (16) per day or in possession.
(c) The total combined creel limit
for the brook trout category, regardless of the waters (streams, lakes or a
combination of both), a person is fishing, shall not exceed sixteen (16) per
day or in possession.
(d) All
waters within Area 5 in Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona,
Niobrara and Platte counties.
(i) Burbot
(ling) and northern pike are designated as nongame fish.
(ii) All burbot and northern pike caught
shall be killed immediately.
(e) Alcova Reservoir in Natrona County.
(i) The creel limit on walleye shall be
twelve (12) per day or in possession.
(ii) The two (2) fish limit on walleye taken
by spear gun (Section 10 of this chapter) shall not apply.
(f) Bump Sullivan Reservoir in Goshen County.
(i) Closed to fishing from November 1 through
the last day of February.
(g) Crow Creek, Dale Creek, Horse Creek and
Lodgepole Creek drainages on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest (Pole
Mountain District) upstream from the forest boundary in Albany County.
(i) The creel limit on brook trout shall be
six (6) per day or in possession.
(h) Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park, all
ponds within the park in Natrona County.
(i)
Closed to fishing, seining, and trapping throughout the calendar year.
(i) Encampment River,
from Wyoming Highway 230 at Riverside downstream to its confluence with the
North Platte River in Carbon County.
(i)
Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(j) Glendo Reservoir including the
North Platte River downstream from the bridge on Wyoming Highway 319 (near Orin
Junction) to Glendo Reservoir in Platte County.
(i) All walleye less than fifteen (15) inches
shall be released to the water immediately.
(ii) All walleye must be kept whole (gills
and entrails may be removed) until the angler is off the water or ice and done
fishing for the day. Once off the water or ice and done fishing for the day,
walleye can be filleted for transportation and storage.
(iii) The Special Fishing Contest Provision
applies (see Section 14 (f) of this chapter).
(A) No fishing contests shall be approved
from June 15 through June 30 during each calendar year.
(k) Grayrocks Reservoir in Platte
County.
(i) Between the spillway and floating
regulatory buoys or as designated by regulatory signing is closed to fishing
throughout the calendar year.
(ii)
The creel limit on largemouth and smallmouth bass in combination shall be three
(3) per day or in possession.
(A) No more than
one (1) shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
(l) Huck Finn Pond in Albany County.
(i) It shall be unlawful for persons fourteen
(14) years of age and older to fish.
(m) Lake Absarraca (Country Club Lake) in
Laramie County.
(i) All largemouth and
smallmouth bass less than fifteen (15) inches shall be released to the water
immediately.
(n) North
Platte River from Colorado-Wyoming state line downstream to the Saratoga Inn
Bridge in Carbon County.
(i) Fishing is
permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
(o) North Platte River from Kortes Dam
downstream to the confluence with Sage Creek (Miracle Mile) in Carbon County.
(i) The creel limit on walleye shall be
twelve (12) per day or in possession.
(p) North Platte River from vehicle bridge
eight tenths (0.8) of a mile downstream from Pathfinder Dam downstream to
Alcova Reservoir in Natrona County.
(i) The
creel limit on trout shall be one (1) per day or in possession.
(A) All trout less than twenty (20) inches
shall be released to the water immediately.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(q) North Platte River from Gray Reef Dam
downstream eight (8) miles to the upstream boundary of the Lusby Public Fishing
Area in Natrona County.
(i) The creel limit on
trout shall be one (1) per day or in possession.
(A) All trout less than twenty (20) inches
shall be released to the water immediately.
(ii) Fishing is permitted by the use of
artificial flies and lures only.
(iii) That portion lying between the "Closed
Area" signs at the gauge cable crossings (the first cable crossing is
approximately 700 yards downstream from Gray Reef Dam) is closed to fishing
from April 1 through April 30.
(r) Packers Lake in Goshen County.
(i) All largemouth and smallmouth bass less
than fifteen (15) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
(s) Sloans Lake in Laramie County.
(i) All largemouth and smallmouth bass less
than fifteen (15) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
(t) Springer Reservoir in Goshen
County.
(i) Closed to fishing from November 1
through February 15.
Notes
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