Fishing at Morris Reservoir, Routt County, Colorado

• Overview

  Morris Reservoir stands in Routt County, Colorado. It sits in lake country bush country. This is a tiny water, and one quiet approach covers all of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Routt County list. Kremmling lies 17 miles from the water. Steamboat Springs follows at 29 miles, then Eagle at 30 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Morris Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, mountain whitefish and mountain sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Morris Reservoir light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 19°F to 56°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Time your trip to Morris Reservoir by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Lagunita Lake is 1.9 miles distant. Nothing on Morris Reservoir should be assumed from this page alone.