Bull Creek Reservoir Number 5 Fishing near Cedaredge, Colorado

• Overview

  This water sits in Mesa County, Colorado. Land around it is lake country bush. About 17 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. For a base, Cedaredge sits 14 miles out. Boulder sits 160 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water. Access points are few, so the middle stretches see little traffic.

• Where to Fish on Bull Creek Reservoir Number 5

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Across Mesa County, recorded fish include flannelmouth sucker, bluehead sucker, green sunfish and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At this water light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 56°F in July and bottoms out near 17°F in January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice-out usually falls in mid May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near mid May, and forms again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing this water regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Big Beaver Reservoir is 0.6 miles off. Nothing on this water should be assumed from this page alone.