040-46 Wyo. Code R. §§ 46-4 - Methods

(a) It is legal to use hand lines, set lines, poles, or tip ups when fishing through the ice and the angler is in attendance.

(b) Internal organs, eggs, eyes, fins, and skin of game fish are the only portions that may be used legally as bait. Any part of nongame fish may be used as bait. The use of bait may be restricted on specific waters as described in Sections 17, 22, 25, 28 and 32 of this chapter.

(c) Amphibians and reptiles shall not be used as fishing bait. The possession of live or dead amphibians and reptiles while fishing is prohibited.

(d) Crayfish shall only be used as live fishing bait in the water body from which they were captured. Once transported away from the water of capture, crayfish shall not be used as live fishing bait.

(e) Artificial light may be used while fishing with legal fishing methods except as prohibited in Section 10 of this chapter.

(f) Corn may be possessed and used as bait in all waters where fishing with bait is permitted.

(g) Use or possession of bait is prohibited in areas or on waters where fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.

(h) A trout bead fixed on a line or leader two (2) inches or less from the eye of a bare hook is considered an artificial lure. Fishing with a trout bead more than two (2) inches from the eye of a bare hook or artificial fly is considered snagging and is prohibited.

(i) The following method restrictions apply for waters listed in subsection (iv) of this Section.

(i) The use of more than two (2) lines is permitted only during the ice covered period, and only when the angler is fishing through the ice, on waters listed below as being included under the Special Winter Ice Fishing Provision.

(ii) No person shall use more than six (6) lines at any time to fish.

(iii) When using more than two (2) lines;

(A) The angler's name shall be attached to each line, pole or tip-up;

(B) The angler shall be no more than three hundred (300) yards from all lines; and,

(C) Anglers shall check their own lines.

(iv) The following waters are included under the Special Winter Ice Fishing Provision:

(A) Alcova Reservoir;

(B) Bighorn Lake in Big Horn County;

(C) Big Sandy Reservoir;

(D) Boulder Lake in Sublette County;

(E) Boysen Reservoir;

(F) Deaver Reservoir in Park County;

(G) Flaming Gorge Reservoir;

(H) Fontenelle Reservoir in Lincoln County;

(I) Glendo Reservoir;

(J) Goldeneye Reservoir;

(K) Gray Reef Reservoir;

(L) Grayrocks Reservoir;

(M) Guernsey Reservoir;

(N) Harrington Reservoir in Big Horn County;

(O) Hawk Springs Reservoir;

(P) Keyhole Reservoir;

(Q) Kortes Reservoir;

(R) Lake DeSmet;

(S) Lake Hattie;

(T) Ocean Lake in Fremont County;

(U) Pathfinder Reservoir;

(V) Pilot Butte Reservoir;

(W) Seminoe Reservoir;

(X) Sulphur Creek Reservoir in Uinta County;

(Y) Wardell Reservoir;

(Z) Wheatland Reservoir #1 in Platte County;

(AA) Wheatland Reservoir #3 in Albany County; and,

(BB) Woodruff Reservoir.

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040-46 Wyo. Code R. §§ 46-4

Amended, Eff. 9/6/2016. Amended, Eff. 8/15/2018. Amended, Eff. 9/3/2021. Amended, Eff. 9/8/2023. Amended, Eff. 8/20/2024.