Fishing The Beaver Ponds in Summit County, Colorado

• Overview

  Within Summit County, Colorado, you have The Beaver Ponds. The ground round it is lake country bush. Gypsum lies 9.9 miles from the water. Basalt lies 11 miles off, El Jebel another 11 miles. Not far off: Cherry Lake the better part of 1.7 miles, Erickson Lake at 1.7 miles, Fish Pond Lake the better part of 2.8 miles, Sundell Reservoir at 3 miles and Shingle Lake the better part of 3.4 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on The Beaver Ponds

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Summit County include brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout and cutthroat trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On The Beaver Ponds the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 60°F at the top of summer and 18°F at the bottom of winter. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about late November in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing The Beaver Ponds regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Cherry Lake is 1.7 miles off. Ask locally about The Beaver Ponds if anything is unclear.