Trout Lake (Wyoming)

Trout Lake
File:TroutLakeYNP2009.JPG Trout Lake, June 2009
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, US
Coordinates
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	250 yards (0.23 km)
Max. width	250 yards (0.23 km)
Surface area	12 acres (0.049 km2)
Surface elevation	6,962 feet (2,122 m)

Trout Lake, formerly known as Fish Lake and Soda Butte Lake, is a 12 acres (0.049 km²) popular backcountry lake for hikers and anglers in Yellowstone National Park. The lake is located approximately .33 miles (0.53 km) north of the Northeast Entrance Road near the confluence of Pebble Creek and Soda Butte Creek. The lake sits in a depression on a high bench above the Soda Butte Creek Canyon. A steep trail through a Douglas fir forest leads to the lake. The trailhead is located at: .

Trout Lake is a popular area for viewing river otter.

Angling

Trout Lake is popular with anglers for its large (14-20") Yellowstone cutthroat trout and very large (20-30") rainbow trout and rainbow/cutthroat hybrids. The lake can be easily fished from the shoreline, but many anglers carry in float tubes to access the deeper parts of the lake. Using a float tube on Yellowstone lakes requires a park service boating permit. The lake opens for fishing in mid-June, but a section of the lake near the inlet stream is closed until mid-July to protect spawning Yellowstone cutthroat trout. All cutthroat trout and hybrids caught in Trout Lake must be released.

Images of Trout Lake
Trout Lake, 2009 Trout Lake, 2009  Winter 2009 Winter 2009  River Otter with Cutthroat Trout River Otter with Cutthroat Trout

See also

• Angling in Yellowstone National Park
• Fishes of Yellowstone National Park