Marvine Lakes, Colorado: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Rio Blanco County in Colorado is where Marvine Lakes sits. The surroundings are lake country bush. It measures about 84 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Roughly 1.6 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Rio Blanco County listings. The town to know is New Castle, 27 miles out. Glenwood Springs is 27 miles and Meeker 30 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Marvine Lakes

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Rio Blanco County include flannelmouth sucker, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout and bluehead sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of Marvine Lakes is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 54°F and January at 16°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late May until roughly mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. At Marvine Lakes the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this 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. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Pine Isle Lake sits 0.9 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Marvine Lakes for certain.