Boggy Draw Reservoir Fishing near Mancos, Colorado

• Overview

  Within Montezuma County, Colorado, you have Boggy Draw Reservoir. Elevation runs to 8,379 feet. The far bank is a conversation away, so keep low and quiet. Start from Mancos, 18 miles down the road. Albuquerque sits 198 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line. Most people fish the same few areas, which leaves the rest quiet.

• Where to Fish on Boggy Draw Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Montezuma County: bluehead sucker, brook trout, bluegill and walleye. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Work Boggy Draw Reservoir in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 63°F; the cold one sits at 24°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid usually goes in early April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near early April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Boggy Draw Reservoir fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Oak Knolls Reservoir at 1.9 miles is the sensible second choice. Signs at Boggy Draw Reservoir carry more weight than any list.