Trail Lake Fishing near Chama, Colorado

• Overview

  Trail Lake is one of the Conejos County listings for Colorado. Everything around it is lake country bush. The water measures roughly 24 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Colorado listings. Nearest town is Chama, 18 miles off. Pagosa Springs lies 24 miles off, Dulce another 27 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Trail Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Conejos County names white sucker, brown trout, green sunfish and black-spotted cutthroat trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Trail Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 16°F to 52°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late May. Climate averages put the opening at about late May and the closing near mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. At Trail Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Green Lake, 1.8 miles out. For Trail Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.