Snake River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Snake River from Grand Teton National Park boundary in Teton County to the Sheep Gulch boat ramp in Lincoln County, as the state words them
Teton County · River · WY
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from WY's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- All fishGear Use of personal watercraft is prohibited.
- All fishfrom the day after Labor Day through March 31st (dates as written)Gear Use of motorized watercraft is prohibited, except motorized watercraft, other than personal watercraft, powered by a single motor not to exceed one hundred fifteen (115) horsepower are allowed from South Park Bridge (U.S. Highway 26/89/191) to West Table boat ramp from the day after Labor Day through March 31st.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- Fishing is permitted year-round twenty-four (24) hours a day in any waters of this stateStatewide
- Gear
- fish shall only be taken or fished for with a maximum of two (2) rods or poles, with lines and hooks attached and the angler in attendanceStatewide
- Bait
- Internal organs, eggs, eyes, fins, and skin of game fish are the only portions that may be used legally as bait. Any part of nongame fish may be used as bait.Statewide
- Poles
- a maximum of two (2) rods or polesStatewide
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Burbot (ling) | unlimited | - | Statewide |
Northern pike | unlimited | - | Statewide |
Whitefish | Twenty-five (25) | - | Statewide |
Trout Varies by water: No more than one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches, limit three (3) (All streams within Area 2, unless indicated otherwise) | six (6) | - | Statewide |
Walleye Varies by water: limit two (2) per day or in possession (underwater spear gun fishing, except where designated as nongame fish or where otherwise provided for Alcova Reservoir on page 16) | unlimited harvest | - | Statewide |
Yellow perch | unlimited harvest | - | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 7,070 cfs at snake river below flat creek, near jackson, wy (2026-07-29 02:30)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Snake River's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Snake River
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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