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Float Tubes are an ideal fishing boat for small, mountain
lakes. They are very portable, affordable and easy to use.
Cabela's
has the largest selection of quality float tubes you are likely
to find - all at affordable prices.
Float
Tubes at Cabelas
 Emerald
Lake is a beautiful lake lying right at the edge of the Absaroka-Beartooth
Wilderness Area. The lake is at the very end of the forest
service road that follows West
Rosebud Creek.
Emerald Lake receives
quite a bit of fishing pressure. Additionally, heavily used
trailheads into the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area begin
right at the lake. As a result, anglers in search of solitude
will be disappointed due to the large amounts of people who
manage to find their way to this otherwise isolated lake.
That all said,
Emerald Lake can provide for non-stop fishing courtesy of
the extensive fish stocking program. Each year, Emerald Lake
is heavily stocked with small rainbows that, nearly starving
in this clear, shallow, low nutrient lake, will take just
about anything. Mornings and evenings are the best time to
fly fish Emerald Lake due to the lower winds.
 Emerald
Lake is a small lake and is quite shallow. Since the lake
also lies right next to the road, it is an ideal lake for
floating with a float
tube, pontoon
boat, canoe
or inflatable
raft. There is no boat ramp, so leave the big motor powered
boats at home.
Camping is not
a problem at Emerald Lake. A campground exists at Emerald
Lake and numerous unofficial campsites exist both along the
road as well as around the lake itself. Access to the lake
is easy - just drive up the forest service road along West
Rosebud Creek. The road can be quite bumpy and dusty at times,
so be prepared for a rather long ride.
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