Contact Info
Bighorn National Forest
2013 Eastside 2nd Street
Sheridan, WY 82801
2013 Eastside 2nd Street
Sheridan, WY 82801
- Phone:
- 307-674-2600
Basics
- Season:
- Fishing allowed year round, ice usually clears around mid-April.
Basic Directions
Highway 14 to Prune Creek Campground and South on Forest Development Road 193. Also highway 14 to FDR 26. Fish downstream from Dead Swede CG.
Description
The South Tongue River has been managed as a wild (no stocking) trout fishery since 1991. Recent fish population estimates, conducted after stocking was discontinued, indicate that wild Rainbow, Brown and Brook trout populations range between 4,000 and 5,000 trout per mile, 65 to 75% of which are greater than 6 inches long.
Fishing
Fish:
Brook Trout
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Details
Season:
Fishing allowed year round, ice usually clears around mid-April.
