Lolita Reservoir Fishing near Ordway, Colorado

• Overview

  Within Crowley County, Colorado, you have Lolita Reservoir. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling hill. Roughly 32 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Colorado listings. Start from Ordway, 9.8 miles down the road. The nearest city of size is Pueblo, 55 miles away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lolita Reservoir

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Survey and observation records for Crowley County include common carp, largemouth bass, bluegill, gizzard shad and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lolita Reservoir the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 77°F and January near 29°F. Most months fish reasonably, given the right weather. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Lolita Reservoir fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Failing this one, try Lake Henry, 6.4 miles away. Treat access at Lolita Reservoir as something to verify.