Fishing at Bull Lake, Eagle County, Colorado

• Overview

  This water sits in Eagle County, Colorado. The surroundings are mixed forest. This is a pocket water of some 4 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Gypsum sits 19 miles from here and is the nearest stop. The nearest city of size is Boulder, 99 miles away. In the same area: Crater Lake lies 1.1 miles on, Star Lake at 1.2 miles, Buck Lake lies 1.6 miles on, Still Waters at 1.6 miles and Crescent Lake lies 1.9 miles on. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Bull Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Eagle County names brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and cutthroat trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Bull Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 53°F for July and 16°F for January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late May. Open water usually runs from late May until about early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Expect Bull Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Crater Lake sits 1.1 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat Bull Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.