Cherry Creek Lake in Arapahoe County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Arapahoe County end of Colorado holds Cherry Creek Lake. The bank is 5,554 feet above sea level. Roughly 886 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Some 5.1 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. By surface area it heads our Arapahoe County listings. Supplies mean a trip to Cherry Creek, 2 miles off. Further out sit Holly Hills (3.9 miles) and Inverness (4.3 miles). Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Cherry Creek Lake

  Recorded depth comes to 46 ft. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. County-wide records name common carp, white sucker and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Cherry Creek Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 72°F and January near 30°F. Whether it freezes depends on the year. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. Anyone fishing Cherry Creek Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The shoreline is public, so the licence is the main requirement. East Boat Ramp is the mapped launch, some half a mile from here. Lake Loop is the nearest mapped car park, half a mile out. Mapping marks a fishing place roughly half a mile off. Somewhere to sit and eat is half a mile out. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The position on Cherry Creek Lake is worth confirming on the day.