Scott Lake, Colorado: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Pitkin County, Colorado, sits Scott Lake. It sits in lake country bush. It covers about 4 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Pitkin County list. For a base, Aspen sits 11 miles out. The big place round here is Lakewood, 90 miles distant. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Scott Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Pitkin County names cutthroat trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout and brown trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Scott Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 11°F in January to roughly 50°F in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early June. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early June until roughly early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Scott Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Sioux Lake, 1.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Scott Lake.