Today’s Bighorn Mountain and Buffalo Area Fishing Report

Mountain Streams:
(Including Clear Creek, Crazy Woman Creek, Rock Creek, Piney Creek and Tensleep Creek and their tributaries)

Bighorn mountain streams are still frozen over.

Mountain Lakes:
(Including Tie Hack Reservoir, Meadowlark Lake, and Cloud Peak Wilderness Lakes)

All mountain lakes are frozen. Folks are fishing at Tie Hack Reservoir and Meadowlark Lake. Small jigs or Swedish Pimples tipped with a mealworm or wax worm will be effective.

Prarie Streams:
(Including Clear Creek, Crazy Woman Creek, Rock Creek and Piney Creek)

Lower elevation sections of area streams are open and are clear and fishable. Fishing is good with a variety of nymphs, good bets would be Pheasant Tails, Hare's Ears, Prince Nymphs, and Pat's Rubber Legs. Be on the lookout for a Baetis Hatch on warm afternoons, a Parachute Adams or Parachute BWO will be the ticket when the fish are on top.

Spin fishermen should try small Panther Martin or Mepps Spinners, or fish worms in the deep holes.

Lake Desmet:
Lake DeSmet is still frozen.

Prairie Lakes and Ponds:
(Including Healy Reservoir, and Muddy Guard Reservoirs)

These reservoirs are open and fishing is picking up.

At Muddy Guard try Streamers deep, or Chironomids, or Midge Larvae fished under an indicator.

At Healy, fish with worms on a Crappie Rig for Perch, Large Black Jigs for Bass, Large Silver Spinners or Spoons for the Tiger Muskies.