Dubois Fish Hatchery
South of U.S. Highways 26/287, 5 miles east of Dubois

Situated at the base of the Whiskey Mountain bighorn sheep winter range on the east slope of the Wind River Mountains, the state of Wyoming maintains a fish hatchery. A fish rearing station was in use at this location in the 1930s, this was abandoned in 1937, and the present hatchery replaced it in 1940. In 1944 it was further expanded with 44 cement “raceways” providing outdoor homes for developing fish. Two natural springs, together, supply more than a million gallons of water a day to the hatchery. The springs are located 1 1/4 miles from the hatchery on Jakey’s Fork Creek, and numerous land grants, easements and long-term leases were procured by the Wyoming Game and Fish commission in order to pipe the water to the hatchery facility farther down the canyon. Due to its location, the Dubois hatchery serves an extremely important function by caring for eggs taken from the cutthroat (native) spawning operation each spring at Lake of the Woods in the Union Pass area, 30 miles southwest of Dubois. This spawning operation furnishes a major portion of the cutthroat eggs for the entire state of Wyoming. The Dubois hatchery also cares for rainbow, golden, brook and brown trout. Visitors are welcome. Source: Dubois Chamber of Commerce brochure.