Morton Lake Fishing Guide, Lake County, Colorado

• Overview

  Set in Lake County, Colorado, this is Morton Lake. This is pine and birch ground. At 13 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Leadville North is the closest town at 5.3 miles. The big place round here is Lakewood, 73 miles distant. If this one is busy: Rainbow Lake 0.2 miles, Home Lake at 0.4 miles, Island Lake 0.4 miles, Lily Lake at 2.1 miles and Deckers Lake 3.2 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Morton Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Lake County names rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout and black-spotted cutthroat trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Morton Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 53°F in July and bottoms out near 16°F in January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid May. Expect the water usable from around mid May until roughly early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Morton Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Rainbow Lake is 0.2 miles off. Nothing on Morton Lake should be assumed from this page alone.