Harvey Lake Fishing Guide, Eagle County, Colorado

• Overview

  Set in Eagle County, Harvey Lake is a Colorado water. Elevation runs to 11,083 feet. At 15 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It ranks high for size among our Eagle County listings. Minturn lies 11 miles from the water. Boulder sits 78 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Harvey Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Eagle County records list brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and black-spotted cutthroat trout among the fish reported. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The near bank of Harvey Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 50°F; by January the average is down near 14°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early June. The season between ice runs from about early June to early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Harvey Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. 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. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Seven Sisters Lakes sits 1.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Harvey Lake if anything is unclear.