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Wyoming · Tailwater · Rockies

Green River — below Fontenelle

Tailwater below Fontenelle Reservoir; verify releases and access.

Wyoming · public-access reaches. This page is what the desk knows about the water itself. What it is doing today — flow, water temperature, weather, and the hazards those produce — is a reading with a date on it, and it lives in Trip Prep.

Plan a trip on Green River — below Fontenelle

Stores this page so it opens with no signal. Live flow and weather are never stored.

Who manages it

Wyoming Game and Fish Department

These links were checked against the live agency site on 2026-09-01. Rules for a water change inside a season, so the agency’s own page on the day you go is the only current answer — this desk does not hold one.

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The fleet directory holds no record by this name in Wyoming, so there is no directory review to show.

The agency links on this page were checked on 2026-09-01; check the agency’s own page the day you go.

How access works here

Access concentrated below the dam

On a tailwater, public access clusters below the dam and thins downstream. The outlet reach is usually the busiest water on the river and the most exposed to a release.

Launch · There is usually a ramp near the outlet. Launching and taking out on a tailwater is a timing problem as much as a facilities problem — know the generation schedule first.

Parking · Outlet parking fills early on weekends and holidays. Have a second access point in mind before you leave home.

Wyoming publishes public fishing areas and walk-in areas; much of the state's river frontage is private, so the walk-in and public-area list is the thing to check, not the map generally.

Gauge

A public gauge is mapped

Flow and water temperature for this water are read from USGS site 09211200, Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir, WY. It is an official public gauge, not a fishing pin: it describes the river at one point, and the reach you stand in may be doing something else.

Species · derived

4 plausible here

Derived from water class (tailwater) and Rockies range — not a stocking record. Confirm species, seasons and any closures with Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

  • Brown trout

    54–67°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

  • Rainbow trout

    52–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

  • Cutthroat trout

    48–62°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 66°F

  • Mountain whitefish

    46–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

Other Wyoming waters on this desk

Northern Lantern House Labs

Field Ops

Named public waters only · no exact coordinates · nothing assumed without a check · nothing is added from another tool until you confirm.