Little Goose Lake Fishing in Mineral County, Colorado

• Overview

  You will find Little Goose Lake in Mineral County, Colorado. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. Small at around 9 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Compared with other Colorado water on our list, it sits high. The closest town, Pagosa Springs, is 22 miles distant. It is 137 miles to Pueblo, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Little Goose Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Survey and observation records for Mineral County include brook trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Little Goose Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 50°F and January about 13°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Once it clears, about early June, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around early June to about early November in an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. At Little Goose Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Goose Lake sits 1.1 miles off and takes the overflow. For Little Goose Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.