Area 4 Regulations

Area 4 means the Green River, Little Snake River, Bear River and Great Divide Basin drainages. Fishing is permitted as described in Statewide Creel Limits and Statewide Regulations except as otherwise specified in this section:

1. Bear River drainage streams including Smiths Fork and Salt Creek (also called Thomas Fork) drainages, unless indicated otherwise, in Lincoln and Uinta counties.
   • The creel limit on trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession. No more than three (3) shall be cutthroat trout; and, no more than one (1) cutthroat trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
2. Burnt Lake in Sublette County.
   • Closed to fishing from December 1 through April 30.
3. Currant Creek in Sweetwater County.
   • Closed to fishing from April 1 through June 30.
   • All cutthroat trout shall be released to the water immediately.
   • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
4. Dollar Lake in Sublette County.
   • Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
5. Fall Creek in Sublette County.
   • Closed to fishing from May 1 through June 30 from Burnt Lake downstream five hundred (500) yards.
6. Fish Creek drainage (of South Piney Creek) on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette County.
   • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
7. Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Sweetwater County.
   • The creel limit on trout shall be four (4) per day or in possession. No more than three (3) shall be kokanee salmon.
   • Lake trout are designated as nongame fish. There are no creel or possession limits on lake trout twenty-eight (28) inches and smaller. No more than one (1) lake trout in possession shall exceed twenty-eight (28) inches.
   • All kokanee salmon caught from September 10 through November 30 shall be released to the water immediately.
   • All game fish shall 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, game fish can be filleted for transportation and storage. A piece of skin large enough to allow species identification (at least one (1) inch square) shall remain on all fish fillets while in transit or in the field.
   • All smallmouth bass shall be returned to the water immediately.
   • The possession or use of gaffs for landing fish is prohibited.

   Flaming Gorge Reciprocal Fishing Agreement

   Any person possessing a valid Wyoming resident fishing license and a valid Utah reciprocal fishing stamp or a valid Utah resident fishing license and a valid Wyoming reciprocal fishing stamp, may fish Flaming Gorge Reservoir in its entirety, regardless of state boundary.

   When daily creel limits are the same in both states, no angler may harvest more than one daily creel limit from the entire reservoir, regardless of the number of fishing licenses or reciprocal stamps in the angler’s possession.

   When daily creel limits differ between states for a species or category, legally licensed anglers in possession of a valid reciprocal stamp or anglers legally licensed in both states, may catch a daily creel limit from each state’s portion of the reservoir and legally transport those fish throughout the entire reservoir and on land in both states.

8. Flume Creek below Fontenelle Reservoir in Sweetwater County.
   • Closed to fishing throughout the calendar year.
9. Green River from Warren Bridge (U.S. Highway 191) downstream to the Swain’s (Wood’s) Bridge, Sublette County Road 23-179 in Sublette County.
   • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
10. Green River from Fontenelle Dam downstream approximately one (1) mile to the U.S. Geological Survey gauge station (cable crossing) at the Weeping Rocks Campground in Sweetwater County.
    • Closed to fishing from October 1 through December 31.
11. Green River from the Sweetwater County Road 8 Bridge, 4.5 miles below Fontenelle Dam, downstream to the Big Sandy River in Sweetwater County.
    • The creel limit on trout shall be one (1) per day or in possession. All trout less than twenty (20) inches shall be released to the water immediately.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
12. Green River Lakes (upper and lower lakes) in Sublette County.
    • Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
13. Halfmoon Lake in Sublette County.
    • The creel limit on lake trout shall be two (2) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) lake trout shall exceed twenty-four (24) inches.
14. Ham’s Fork River from Viva Naughton Reservoir downstream to Kemmerer City Reservoir in Lincoln County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
15. High Savery Reservoir in Carbon County.
    • The creel limit on trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) trout shall exceed twenty (20) inches.
16. Jim Bridger Pond in Sweetwater County.
    • Closed to ice fishing.
    • Watercraft prohibited inside that area inside the pumphouse booms.
    • The use of a motor in excess of fifteen (15) horsepower prohibited.
17. Kemmerer City Reservoir in Lincoln County.
    • The creel limit on trout shall be three (3) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
    • Use of motorized watercraft is prohibited.
18. Kendall Warm Springs and Kendall Warm Springs Creek in Sublette County.
    • Closed to fishing throughout the calendar year.
19. Lake Alice in Lincoln County.
    • The creel limit on trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession. No more than two (2) cutthroat trout shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
    • Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
20. Little Soda Lake in Sublette County.
    • Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
21. Meadow Creek in Sublette County.
    • Closed to fishing from May 1 through June 30.
22. Meadow Lake in Sublette County.
    • The portion east of the Department markers shall be closed to fishing from May 1 through June 30. The entire lake is closed to fishing from December 1 through April 30
23. Middle Piney Lake in Sublette County.
    • Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited.
24. New Fork Lakes in Sublette County.
    • Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
25. New Fork River above the New Fork Lakes in Sublette County.
    • Closed to fishing from September 1 through April 30.
26. New Fork River from the Mesa Road Bridge (Sublette County Road 23-123) downstream to the confluence with the East Fork River in Sublette County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
27. North Cottonwood Creek drainage (including Maki Creek) on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
28. North Horse Creek and Lead Creek drainage on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
29. North Piney Creek drainage on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
30. North Piney Lake and upstream tributaries in Sublette County.
    • Closed to fishing from June 1 through July 15.
    • The creel limit on cutthroat trout shall be one (1) per day or in possession.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
31. Pinedale Children’s Pond in Sublette County.
    • It shall be unlawful for persons fourteen (14) years of age and older to fish.
32. Rock Crib Lake in Sublette County.
    • The creel limit on brook trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession.
33. Salt Creek (also called Thomas Fork) drainage (including Raymond Creek) upstream from the Wyoming-Idaho state line in Lincoln County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
34. Smiths Fork drainage upstream from the Hobble Creek confluence (including Hobble Creek drainage) in Lincoln County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
35. Soda Lake north of Pinedale in Sublette County.
    • The creel limit on trout and brook trout in combination shall be one (1) per day or in possession.
    • Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
    • Use of internal combustion engines in motorized watercraft is prohibited from May 1 through May 31.
36. South Cottonwood Creek drainage, excluding Soda Lake ponds, on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
37. South Horse Creek drainage on the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from the forest boundary in Sublette County.
    • Fishing is permitted by the use of artificial flies and lures only.
38. Viva Naughton Reservoir in Lincoln County.
    • The creel limit on trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession. No more than one (1) trout shall exceed twenty (20) inches.
    • Upstream face of Viva Naughton Dam closed to fishing throughout the calendar year (no one shall fish from the dam).
39. Wagon Creek Lake in Sublette County.
    • The creel limit on brook trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession.

Other Area 4 Regulations

Area 4 Live Baitfish

The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 4 is prohibited. A holder of a valid seining license may seine, net, trap or spear baitfish in the Green and Bear River drainages, excluding Kendall Warm Springs, Halfmoon Lake, Little Halfmoon Lake, Burnt Lake, the Bitter Creek drainage upstream of Rock Springs city limits and the Big Sandy drainage upstream of Big Sandy Reservoir. Any live baitfish captured shall be killed immediately and used only as dead bait.