Fourmile Lake, Colorado: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Archuleta County, Colorado, sits Fourmile Lake. The surroundings are lake country bush. The water measures roughly 10 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Head to Pagosa Springs, 14 miles away, for anything you forgot. Bayfield is 35 miles away, with Navajo at 36 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Fourmile Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Archuleta County include brook trout, rainbow trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout, bluehead sucker and green sunfish. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Fourmile Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 52°F at the top of summer and 16°F at the bottom of winter. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late May and starts locking again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Fourmile Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Upper Fourmile Lake is 0.4 miles distant. What applies at Fourmile Lake may have changed since it was mapped.