Fishing at Lost Lake, Conejos County, Colorado

• Overview

  Within Conejos County, Colorado, you have Lost Lake. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. At about 26 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 1.2 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Chama is the closest town at 25 miles. It is 122 miles to Pueblo, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lost Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name white sucker, brown trout and green sunfish. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Lost Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 54°F and January near 17°F on the long-run figures. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid May. Climate figures give an open season running mid May to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lost Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Empedrado Lake sits 1.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Lost Lake as something to verify.