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Boysen Reservoir, WY
Reservoir in Fremont County, Wyoming. A roughly 19,000-acre reservoir on the Wind River north of Shoshoni, impounded by Boysen Dam at the head of Wind River Canyon. Boysen is one of Wyoming's premier walleye fisheries and also gives up sauger, yellow perch, rainbow and brown trout, and good numbers of ling (burbot) through the ice. The cold tailwater below the dam feeds the famous Wind/Bighorn trout water. Elevation roughly 4,725 ft.
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What swims here
7 tracked species in Boysen Reservoir, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Boysen State Park surrounds the reservoir with multiple concrete ramps (Tough Creek, Brannon, Tamarask). No in-lake USGS gauge; water temperature uses a seasonal baseline. The live Wind River above Boysen gauge (06236100) tracks inflow temperature and flow. A Wyoming fishing license and Boysen day-use or conservation stamp apply.
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