BEAR RIVER AT EVANSTON, WY
BEAR RIVER WY USGS
BEAR RIVER AT EVANSTON, WY (10016900) is a real-time river monitoring station on the BEAR RIVER in WY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 17 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 10016900
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- WY
- Coordinates
- 41.2699, -110.9637
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Fishing regulations
Area 4 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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Burbot (ling) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- unlimited
- Notes
- Green River, Little Snake River, Bear River, Great Divide Basin drainages
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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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
- Green River, Little Snake River, Bear River, Great Divide Basin 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
- Green River, Little Snake River, Bear River, Great Divide Basin drainages
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- unlimited
- Notes
- Green River, Little Snake River, Bear River, Great Divide Basin drainages
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Yellow perch Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- unlimited
- Notes
- Green River, Little Snake River, Bear River, Great Divide Basin 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 watershedBear River At Evanston, WY has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 16010101 containing this station. The dataset includes 17 species with recorded observations.
Species include: utah sucker (Catostomus ardens), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii), and 12 others.
- Utah Sucker Catostomus ardens
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 17 species
- from 17 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 14, 1996 – Jul 23, 2009
- 6 dated records