From Wyoming Game & Fish
The Alcova Reservoir fishery may be one of the most drought-resistant fisheries in Wyoming.
Water levels are maintained near capacity April-September for irrigation purposes and are maintained 10 vertical feet lower during the winter months. These consistent water levels produce a consistently excellent fishery.
Rainbow trout dominate this fishery with brown trout, cutthroat trout, and walleye present in lower numbers. While walleye numbers are low compared to other area reservoirs, Alcova does produce a few trophy (10+ pound) walleye each year.
The Alcova rainbow trout fishery is maintained almost entirely through annual stocking. Alcova was stocked with approximately 110,000 eight-inch rainbow trout in the fall of 2003.
In addition, 14,000 nine-inch Yellowstone cutthroat trout that were originally destined for Upper Sunshine Reservoir near Cody, but due to drought conditions, were stocked in Alcova instead. Anglers will likely see more cutthroat trout in 2004 than in recent years.
Many of you who fished Alcova last spring were likely contacted by one of our creel clerks. Anglers had an impressive average catch rate of 0.69 rainbow trout per hour with an average length of 14.6 inches. Anglers can expect a similar fishery from Alcova in 2004.