Dixon Reservoir in Larimer County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Larimer County, Colorado, is where Dixon Reservoir sits. Around the bank it is open valley. With some 43 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 1.7 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. The closest town, Fort Collins, is 3.9 miles distant. Fort Collins sits 3.7 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Dixon Reservoir

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Across Larimer County, recorded fish include black-spotted cutthroat trout, brook trout and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Dixon Reservoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 71°F; the cold one sits at 28°F. Conditions shift steadily rather than sharply. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Dixon Reservoir runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A slipway half a mile out gives trailer access. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. Mapping shows a jetty some half a mile off. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Horsetooth Reservoir is 1.1 miles distant. Nothing on Dixon Reservoir should be assumed from this page alone.