Burro Lake Fishing Guide, Conejos County, Colorado

• Overview

  The Conejos County entry here is Burro Lake, in Colorado. The setting is pine and birch on every side. About 2 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Conejos County list. Chama lies 19 miles from the water. For a city, Pueblo is 128 miles off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Burro Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Conejos County list white sucker, brown trout, green sunfish and black-spotted cutthroat trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Burro Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 15°F to 52°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count the season from break-up, usually late May. The season between ice runs from about late May to mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Burro Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Hourglass Lake is 1.1 miles off. Confirm before you fish Burro Lake.