Lake Haiyaha Fishing near Estes Park, Colorado

• Overview

  Out in Larimer County, Colorado, sits Lake Haiyaha. Elevation runs to 10,217 feet. The water measures roughly 11 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 8.9 miles from Estes Park. Granby is 21 miles away, with Lyons at 21 miles. Close by you have: Dream Lake at 0.4 miles, Emerald Lake (0.5 miles), Nymph Lake at 0.7 miles, The Loch (0.9 miles) and Bear Lake at 0.9 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lake Haiyaha

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name black-spotted cutthroat trout, brook trout, white sucker, rainbow trout and brown trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lake Haiyaha where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 52°F; the cold one sits at 19°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late May. Break-up near late May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Lake Haiyaha.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Dream Lake sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Lake Haiyaha is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.