WIND RIVER NEAR KINNEAR, WY
WIND RIVER WY USGS
WIND RIVER NEAR KINNEAR, WY (06227600) is a real-time river monitoring station on the WIND RIVER in WY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, streamflow, and water temperature and publishes a 7-day flow forecast when flow data is available. 8 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06227600
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- WY
- Coordinates
- 43.1428, -108.7089
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Fishing regulations
Area 2 zone defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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Northern pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- unlimited
- Notes
- Wind River, Bighorn River, Shoshone River, Clarks Fork, Yellowstone River drainages
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Trout (in combination includes brown, cutthroat, grayling, golden, rainbow, salmon, tiger trout, and other trout hybrids). Excludes brook trout, lake trout and splake. Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 6
- Size rule
- 1 trout over 16"; cutthroat over 12"
- Notes
- Wind River, Bighorn River, Shoshone River, Clarks Fork, Yellowstone River drainages
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-11 in America/Denver
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Wyoming Fishing Regulations before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedWind River Near Kinnear, WY has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10080001 containing this station. The dataset includes 8 species with recorded observations.
Species include: mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii), burbot (Lota lota), cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni), and 3 others.
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Burbot Lota lota
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 8 species
- from 8 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 1, 2004 – Sep 1, 2004
- 1 dated record
Sources
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