Last stocked
July 1, 2026
Plants on record
11
Since 2010
Species recorded
2
Average size
3.5 in
Elevation
9,120 ft
Access and facts
Reached via the non-motorized Lower Medicine Lodge Trail (#354), a 1.3-mile hike from Forest Road 322, in the Bighorn National Forest's Medicine Wheel Ranger District.
Sources: shore_notes
How Lower Medicine Lodge Lake is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of July. In 2026 it was July 1, 2026, about when it usually is.
No plants recorded in 8 years between 2010 and 2026.
Fish at Lower Medicine Lodge Lake
Fishing Lower Medicine Lodge Lake is most likely to be for Splake. Splake accounts for 9 of 11 plants on record, ahead of Rainbow Trout.
Splake 9 plants
- Plants
- 9 of 11
- Last stocked
- July 1, 2026
- Average length
- 3.4 in
Rainbow Trout 2 plants
- Plants
- 2 of 11
- Last stocked
- July 1, 2012
- Average length
- 4.1 in
Fish stocked per year
- 5,3802010
- 6,0782012
- 1,5302014
- 1,5302016
- 1,5682018
- 2,0832020
- 1,3922022
- 1,0402024
- 8452026
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2026 | Splake | 845 | 3.7 in | report |
| July 1, 2024 | Splake | 1,040 | 3.3 in | report |
| July 1, 2022 | Splake | 1,392 | 3.5 in | report |
| July 1, 2020 | Splake | 2,083 | 3.5 in | report |
| August 1, 2018 | Splake | 1,568 | 2.6 in | report |
| July 1, 2016 | Splake | 1,530 | 3.4 in | report |
| August 1, 2014 | Splake | 1,530 | 3.3 in | report |
| July 1, 2012 | Splake | 1,320 | 3.8 in | report |
| July 1, 2012 | Rainbow Trout | 4,758 | 3.1 in | report |
| September 1, 2010 | Rainbow Trout | 4,000 | 5 in | report |
| August 1, 2010 | Splake | 1,380 | 3.1 in | report |
Species stocked here
Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.