Fishing at Ninegar Reservoir, Jackson County, Colorado

• Overview

  Ninegar Reservoir is one of the Jackson County listings for Colorado. The bank is 9,012 feet above sea level. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. Our Jackson County list holds plenty of bigger water. Steamboat Springs lies 25 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Boulder, 65 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Ninegar Reservoir

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish documented in Jackson County include brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout and Arctic grayling. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Ninegar Reservoir before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 57°F and January reads 19°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It sets the rhythm of the year at Ninegar Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Slack-Weiss Reservoir is 0.2 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Ninegar Reservoir for certain.