Wilson Reservoir Fishing in Huerfano County, Colorado

• Overview

  You will find Wilson Reservoir in Huerfano County, Colorado. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. At 7 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Alamosa East at 28 miles is the nearest place to stop. Pueblo is the closest city, 58 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter. Town sits northeast of the water.

• Where to Fish on Wilson Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Open biodiversity records for Huerfano County list cutthroat trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout and brook trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The near bank of Wilson Reservoir is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 60°F; the cold one sits at 21°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. At Wilson Reservoir the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Smith Reservoir, 3.5 miles away. Where Wilson Reservoir is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.