Sundell Reservoir Fishing Guide, Summit County, Colorado

• Overview

  Sundell Reservoir is set in Summit County, Colorado. Land around it is mixed forest. About 3 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our Summit County list holds plenty of bigger water. Basalt is the closest place, 11 miles off. For a city, Boulder is 94 miles off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Sundell Reservoir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Records held for Summit County cover brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and black-spotted cutthroat trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Sundell Reservoir the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 17°F in January and 55°F in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid May. The water is typically free of ice between mid May and mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Sundell Reservoir that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Shingle Lake, 1.2 miles away. Treat access at Sundell Reservoir as something to verify.