Crooked Reservoir, Colorado: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Crooked Reservoir is a Montezuma County water, Colorado side. Elevation runs to 8,123 feet. The far bank is a conversation away, so keep low and quiet. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Montezuma County. Cortez is the closest place, 22 miles off. Mancos is 26 miles and Towaoc 33 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Crooked Reservoir

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Montezuma County list bluehead sucker, brook trout and bluegill. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Crooked Reservoir the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 65°F and January near 25°F. Some winters cap it and some do not. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. Crooked Reservoir runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• 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. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Summers Reservoir at 0.3 miles is the nearest alternative. For Crooked Reservoir, the notice at the access point is the final word.