Pear Reservoir in Boulder County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Boulder County, Colorado, you have Pear Reservoir. It sits at 10,600 feet above sea level. At roughly 16 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Estes Park lies 15 miles from the water. Boulder sits 22 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Pear Reservoir

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Fish documented in Boulder County include black-spotted cutthroat trout, brook trout, brown trout and bluegill. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Pear Reservoir the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 18°F in February up to 51°F in July. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late May, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about late May and return around early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Pear Reservoir regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Ouzel Lake is 1.6 miles distant. Where Pear Reservoir is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.