Round Park Reservoir Fishing Guide, Delta County, Colorado

• Overview

  Round Park Reservoir sits within Delta County in Colorado. The bank is 7,844 feet above sea level. About 5 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Some 21 miles away sits Olathe, the nearest settlement. Delta lies 22 miles off, Montrose another 26 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about. The name belongs to this one alone in the state.

• Where to Fish on Round Park Reservoir

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Across Delta County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, white sucker, flannelmouth sucker, bluehead sucker and brown trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Round Park Reservoir the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 66°F at the top of summer and 24°F at the bottom of winter. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late March. The lid tends to go about late March and return around early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Round Park Reservoir runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Beaver Reservoir is 0.7 miles distant. Check the position on Round Park Reservoir before loading the car.