Eggleston Lake Fishing near Cedaredge, Colorado

• Overview

  Delta County, Colorado, is where Eggleston Lake sits. The surface lies 10,167 feet up. Surface area is around 130 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 2.8 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Size puts it in the front rank of our Delta County list. The nearest place of any size is Cedaredge, 9.9 miles away. Orchard City is 15 miles and Delta 22 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Eggleston Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Across Delta County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, white sucker and flannelmouth sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Eggleston Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 56°F; the cold one sits at 17°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid May. Climate averages put the opening at about mid May and the closing near mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Eggleston Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Eggleston Boat Ramp gives a made launch, half a mile off. Mapping shows parking within half a mile. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Donnely Reservoir, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Eggleston Lake should be assumed from this page alone.