Basin Reservoir Number 1 Fishing near Cedaredge, Colorado

• Overview

  Basin Reservoir Number 1 belongs to Mesa County, Colorado. The surface lies 10,240 feet up. The water covers some 54 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 1.3 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Mesa County listings. Cedaredge lies 9.6 miles from the water. The big place round here is Boulder, 163 miles distant. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Basin Reservoir Number 1

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. County-wide records name flannelmouth sucker, bluehead sucker, green sunfish and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Treat this water as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 56°F and January about 17°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid May. Ice usually gives way near mid May, and forms again about mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on this water.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Basin Reservoir Number Two is 0.3 miles off. Nothing on this water should be assumed from this page alone.