No Name Lake in Conejos County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for No Name Lake in the Conejos County part of Colorado. The country round it is rolling bush from end to end. This is a pocket water of some 18 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Colorado listings. Chama is the closest town at 21 miles. The big place round here is Pueblo, 126 miles distant. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on No Name Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Conejos County records list white sucker, brown trout, green sunfish and black-spotted cutthroat trout among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. The shape of No Name Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 52°F; by January the average is down near 15°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Once it clears, about late May, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about late May and return around mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. No Name Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Ruybalid Lake, 1.4 miles away. Rules at No Name Lake are worth checking on the day.