Fishing Saint Charles Mesa Reservoir Number 2 in Pueblo County, Colorado

• Overview

  Set in Pueblo County, Saint Charles Mesa Reservoir Number 2 is a Colorado water. The setting is mixed woodland. With some 57 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Colorado listings. Supplies mean a trip to Pueblo, 5.8 miles off. Then Pueblo West, 14 miles, and Colorado City, 26 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Saint Charles Mesa Reservoir Number 2

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Public occurrence data for Pueblo County names rainbow trout, white sucker, bluegill, green sunfish and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At this water the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 77°F in July and bottoms out near 31°F in January. A lid forms in a hard winter only. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. On this water that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Comanche Reservoir, 3.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at this water for certain.