Rawah Lake Number 3 Fishing Guide, Larimer County, Colorado

• Overview

  Larimer County in Colorado is where Rawah Lake Number 3 sits. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Small at around 22 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. You are 31 miles from Estes Park. Granby is 41 miles and Laporte 43 miles. Close by you have: Rawah Lake Number 2 within 0.6 miles, Upper Sandbar Lake 0.7 miles away, Little Rainbow Lake within 0.7 miles, Rawah Lake Number 1 0.9 miles away and Rawah Lake Number 4 within 0.9 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Rawah Lake Number 3

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Larimer County include black-spotted cutthroat trout, brook trout and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. This water gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 51°F for July and 19°F for February. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter locks it down, and late May brings it back. Climate figures give an open season running late May to early November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Anyone fishing this water regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Rawah Lake Number 2, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for this water in what we hold.