North Platte Region

Trout fishing on the Gray Reef of the North Platte River is good using natural or brown pine squirrel leeches, red rock worms (size 14-16) and small baetis nymphs (size 20-22). Water flow is 2,305 cfs and running clear above Government Bridge.

- Bob Fischer, Ugly Bug Fly Shop in Casper

After some slow spells, Alcova Reservoir is picking up. Fishing is good using worms and Power Bait for rainbow trout, and boat anglers are catching some walleye in the canyon trolling and jigging. Pathfinder Reservoir is also picking up using worms for brown and rainbow trout.

- Yolanda Strand, Sloane's General Store in Alcova

Walleye fishing is good at Glendo Reservoir using leeches and night crawlers. The water is getting high and is a little off-color. A Wyoming Walleye Circuit tournament will be held at Glendo on June 7.

- Bob Shelver, Curly's Leisure Sports in Douglas

Southeast

Trout fishing is fair to good at Lake Hattie using Power Bait, salmon eggs and night crawlers. Fly anglers are catching fish on black or olive wooly buggers, scuds, hothead leeches, pheasant tails and prince nymphs. With the low water and wet weather, driving near the shoreline is not recommended - lots of vehicles getting stuck lately.

The Upper North Platte and Big Laramie rivers are starting to run high from spring runoff. Fishing is slow.

- Cody Sorenson, West Laramie Fly Store

Southwest

Anglers at Flaming Gorge Reservoir caught a lot of everything at a fishing derby last weekend. Fishing is good using lures tipped with a worm or meal worm for rainbow and brown trout. Kokanee fishing is also good using a squid and dodger or a Needlefish tipped with a meal worm. Anglers trolling at 40 to 50 feet are catching some lake trout over 30 pounds, and the bass anglers are doing well too.

- Lauretta Tanner, Buckboard Marina at Flaming Gorge

Northwest

Walleye fishing is good at Boysen Reservoir where the fish have been most active at the south end near Tough Creek. Anglers are doing well jigging minnows or using crank baits in the shallows for walleye. They're also catching a few nice-sized crappie.

Trout fishing is good using spinners, crawler harnesses and spoons in the upper 10 feet of the deeper water.

- Gary Hackett, Boysen Marina

Northeast

Fishing is good for walleye at Keyhole Reservoir jigging minnows. Anglers are catching a few on crankbaits too.

Over the weekend at Keyhole, Rich and Cody Carpenter of Casper won the Wyoming Walleye Circuit's first tournament of the year weighing in 55.6 pounds of fish. Steve Hinkley and Rick Strickland were the team that landed the biggest fish of the tourney, a 12.3 pound walleye.

- Rob Davis, Wyoming Walleye Circuit president

The Open Spaces fishing report is compiled on Tuesdays by Star-Tribune outdoors editor Wes Smalling. Conditions can change daily. To contribute a report, send an e-mail to wes.smalling@trib.com.