LITTLE WIND RIVER NEAR RIVERTON, WY
LITTLE WIND RIVER WY USGS
LITTLE WIND RIVER NEAR RIVERTON, WY (06235500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the LITTLE WIND RIVER in WY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 9 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 06235500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- WY
- Coordinates
- 42.9975, -108.3754
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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 2026-09-10 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 watershedLittle Wind River Near Riverton, WY has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 10080002 containing this station. The dataset includes 9 species with recorded observations.
Species include: white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), plains killifish (Fundulus zebrinus), cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), and 4 others.
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Plains Killifish Fundulus zebrinus
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 9 species
- from 9 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 17, 1991 – Aug 27, 2001
- 3 dated records
Sources
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