Potts Puddle Fishing near Estes Park, Colorado

• Overview

  Out in Larimer County, Colorado, sits Potts Puddle. It sits in rolling bush. On water this small, stealth matters more than range. Most waters listed here for Larimer County are larger. 7.3 miles away sits Estes Park, the nearest town. Then Lyons, 24 miles, and Laporte, 28 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Potts Puddle

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Larimer County names black-spotted cutthroat trout, brook trout and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Potts Puddle a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 51°F and February near 19°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The lid usually goes in late May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late May until roughly early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Potts Puddle regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. Mapping records toilets within half a mile. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lawn Lake is 1.1 miles off. The position on Potts Puddle is worth confirming on the day.