Banner Lake Number 3 Reservoir Fishing in Weld County, Colorado

• Overview

  You will find Banner Lake Number 3 Reservoir in Weld County, Colorado. Elevation runs to 5,043 feet. This is a pocket water of some 15 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Colorado listings. The closest town, Keenesburg, is 3.4 miles away. Thornton sits 26 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Banner Lake Number 3 Reservoir

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Survey and observation records for Weld County include white sucker, common carp and green sunfish. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. This water repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 73°F at the top of summer and 28°F at the bottom of winter. Whether it freezes depends on the year. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Anyone fishing this water regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Carp respond to sweetcorn or boilies fished patiently on the bottom near feeding areas. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Banner Lake Number 1 Reservoir is 0.2 miles off. Check the position on this water before loading the car.