Dines Lake Fishing Guide, Routt County, Colorado

• Overview

  You will find Dines Lake in Routt County, Colorado. The setting is lake country bush. It covers about 3 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Routt County list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Hayden is 30 miles out. Further out sit Gypsum (32 miles) and Eagle (35 miles). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Dines Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Routt County list brook trout, cutthroat trout and rainbow trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The near bank of Dines Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 53°F at the top of summer and 16°F at the bottom of winter. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late May. Climate figures give an open season running late May to early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Dines Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. East Lost Lake at 0.3 miles is the sensible second choice. The position on Dines Lake is worth confirming on the day.