Blanche Park Reservoir Fishing Guide, Delta County, Colorado

• Overview

  Set in Delta County, Colorado, this is Blanche Park Reservoir. Elevation runs to 10,105 feet. About 15 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Cedaredge is the closest town at 11 miles. Beyond it, Orchard City at 17 miles and Paonia at 20 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple. It rewards a look round before the first cast.

• Where to Fish on Blanche Park Reservoir

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Reported across Delta County: rainbow trout, white sucker and flannelmouth sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Blanche Park Reservoir to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 56°F and January about 17°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count the season from break-up, usually mid May. Climate averages put the opening at about mid May and the closing near mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Time your trip to Blanche Park Reservoir by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. Trickle Park Boat Ramp is the mapped launch, some half a mile from here. Parking is not close: 0.9 miles from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. There is a campsite half a mile from the water. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For Blanche Park Reservoir, the notice at the access point is the final word.