Stone Basin Reservoir in Delta County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Stone Basin Reservoir lies in Delta County, in Colorado. Everything around it is rolling hill. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. Most waters listed here for Delta County are larger. 12 miles away sits Delta, the nearest town. After that come Olathe at 15 miles and Orchard City at 20 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Stone Basin Reservoir

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Delta County cover rainbow trout, white sucker and flannelmouth sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Stone Basin Reservoir repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 72°F and January near 26°F. Seasons here are moderate, and the fishing runs most of the year. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. Anyone fishing Stone Basin Reservoir regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. 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. Should this one be busy, Shortcut Reservoir is 3.7 miles off. Ask locally about Stone Basin Reservoir if anything is unclear.