Fishing Fountain Reservoir in El Paso County, Colorado

• Overview

  You will find Fountain Reservoir in El Paso County, Colorado. Beyond the shoreline you have open valley. The far bank is a conversation away, so keep low and quiet. On size it sits at the modest end of our El Paso County list. The nearest town is Fountain, 2.2 miles away. Colorado Springs sits 12 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Fountain Reservoir

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in El Paso County include rainbow trout, common carp, brook trout and green sunfish. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Fountain Reservoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 72°F; the cold one sits at 30°F. The calendar is generous: something works in nearly every month. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. Fountain Reservoir runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records show it does not hold water year-round. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. 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 tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, North Side Reservoir is 1.2 miles distant. None of that is settled for Fountain Reservoir in what we hold.