Head Lake Fishing in Alamosa County, Colorado

• Overview

  You will find Head Lake in Alamosa County, Colorado. Everything around it is sage and rock. Surface area is around 212 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 2.1 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. The nearest town is Alamosa East, 17 miles away. It is 72 miles to Pueblo, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Head Lake

  This water is saline; the fishing interest, where it exists, sits in the feeder streams rather than the basin itself. For long stretches it is a dry bed rather than a lake, filling only after exceptional rain. Anglers passing through do better on the neighbouring fresh waters listed on this page. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Head Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 67°F, with January the cold end at about 18°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late March. Climate figures give an open season running late March to late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Head Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. This one is mapped as intermittent, so a wasted trip is a real risk in a dry year. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Dollar Lake, 1.2 miles away. Nothing on Head Lake should be assumed from this page alone.