Fishing Spring Creek Reservoir in Mineral County, Colorado

• Overview

  Look for Spring Creek Reservoir in Mineral County, Colorado. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling bush. At 2 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Mineral County list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 33 miles away sits Ouray, the nearest settlement. Pueblo is the closest city, 142 miles away. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Spring Creek Reservoir

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Mineral County include brook trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Spring Creek Reservoir gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 56°F at the top of summer and 12°F at the bottom of winter. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Winter locks it down, and mid May brings it back. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about mid November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Spring Creek Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. The nearest car park is 80 yards from the water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lakeman Lakes, 2.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Spring Creek Reservoir are worth checking on the day.