Davey Lake in Saguache County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Davey Lake lies within the bounds of Saguache County, Colorado. The country round it is dry open country from end to end. The water covers some 80 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 1.3 miles in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguache County. Nearest place of any size is Center, 14 miles away. Del Norte follows at 23 miles, then Monte Vista at 26 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Davey Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Saguache County include brown trout, white sucker, brook trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout and cutthroat trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Davey Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 64°F; the cold one sits at 17°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter locks it down, and late March brings it back. Averages suggest open water from about late March through to roughly late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Davey Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Harrence Lake at 0.7 miles is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Davey Lake as something to verify.