Kitson Reservoir Fishing near Cedaredge, Colorado

• Overview

  Look for Kitson Reservoir in the Delta County part of Colorado. Elevation runs to 10,059 feet. Small at around 14 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Cedaredge at 12 miles is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Boulder is 157 miles off. This one is safely inside the county line. The surroundings are ordinary; the fishing is the reason to come.

• Where to Fish on Kitson Reservoir

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Open biodiversity records for Delta County list rainbow trout, white sucker, flannelmouth sucker, bluehead sucker and brown trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Kitson Reservoir responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 56°F, with January the cold end at about 17°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid May. Averages place the thaw at mid May and the freeze at mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Expect Kitson Reservoir to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Cottonwood Lake Number Five at 0.5 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Kitson Reservoir for certain.