Fishing Akin Reservoir in Montezuma County, Colorado

• Overview

  You will find Akin Reservoir in Montezuma County, Colorado. Lake country bush runs right down to the water. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. It is a small entry by Montezuma County standards. Mancos is the closest town at 15 miles. Cortez lies 20 miles off, Durango another 32 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Akin Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Montezuma County, recorded fish include bluehead sucker, brook trout, bluegill, walleye and channel catfish. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Akin Reservoir before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 64°F and January at 25°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early April. The season between ice runs from about early April to early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Akin Reservoir fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Spruce Reservoir, 2.5 miles out. For Akin Reservoir, the notice at the access point is the final word.