Fishing Crosho Lake in Routt County, Colorado

• Overview

  Crosho Lake is one of the Routt County listings for Colorado. It lies 8,891 feet above sea level. Surface area is around 53 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The whole outline is near 1.1 miles, and most of it is walkable. It ranks high for size among our Routt County listings. Steamboat Springs is the closest town at 25 miles. Boulder is the closest city, 95 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Crosho Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Routt County include brook trout, cutthroat trout and rainbow trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Crosho Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 19°F in January and 58°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Crosho Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Overnight stays are possible half a mile away. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Allen Basin Reservoir is 1.1 miles off. Treat access at Crosho Lake as something to verify.