Womack Reservoir Number 1 in Delta County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Womack Reservoir Number 1 lies in Delta County, Colorado. The country here is lake country bush. About 5 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Cedaredge is the closest town at 8.1 miles. Boulder is the closest city, 159 miles away. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish. It repays a second visit more than a first.

• Where to Fish on Womack Reservoir Number 1

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Delta County records list rainbow trout, white sucker and flannelmouth sucker among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On this water the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 56°F and January near 17°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid May. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about mid November in an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on this water follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Womack Reservoir Number 2 is 0.3 miles off. None of that is settled for this water in what we hold.