Vallecito Reservoir
CPW set nets here in 2021 and caught 119 fish, most of them rainbow trout. TroutTips researches Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout at this water.
- Elevation
- 7,643 ftUSGS 3DEP at the mapped access point
- Approach
- Roadside or park access
- Last netted
- 2021standard gill net survey
- Fish in the net
- 11993.3% sport fish
- Most caught
- Rainbow Trout74 fish
- Longest measured
- 43.3″Northern Pike
- County
- La PlataColorado
- Coordinates
- 37.4032, -107.5430Access point TroutTips uses
What was in the net
| Species | Caught | Share | Mean | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Trout | 74 | 62.2% | 14.3″ | 12.5–21.7″ |
| Northern Pike | 15 | 12.6% | 28.5″ | 15.5–43.3″ |
| Walleye | 21 | 17.6% | 17″ | 11.8–24.4″ |
| Brown Trout | 1 | 0.8% | n/a | n/a |
| CPW's table prints no length range for this row, so the mean length cannot be identified from the surrounding columns and is withheld. The count is unaffected. | ||||
| White Sucker | 8 | 6.7% | 18.7″ | 17.7–19.9″ |
CPW survey summary (PDF) · survey data extracted 2026-10-18
A survey count is not a catch rate. These fish were handled by biologists, not caught by anglers. A species missing from the table was not caught in those nets, which is not the same as absent from the lake. Mesh selects for a size range, and CPW states that Kokanee Salmon in particular are “difficult to capture and monitor with gillnet surveys”.
What CPW has stocked
The most recent stocking years CPW listed in this report. Years CPW did not list are not shown, and absence from this table is not evidence that nothing went in.
| Year | What went in |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2019 |
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How far it is
| From | Drive | By road |
|---|---|---|
| Durango | 57 min | 26 miles |
| Alamosa | 3 hr 36 min | 146 miles |
| Grand Junction | 4 hr 53 min | 191 miles |
| Pueblo | 5 hr 59 min | 268 miles |
| Colorado Springs | 6 hr 51 min | 313 miles |
| Denver | 7 hr 46 min | 342 miles |
| Steamboat Springs | 8 hr 25 min | 374 miles |
| Fort Collins | 8 hr 37 min | 391 miles |
Driving times along the road network to the access point TroutTips uses, not straight-line distance.
Fishing it
This page is the survey record: what was in the net, and when. Access, regulations, seasonal timing and what the approach actually involves are in the planner, alongside the drive from your own town.
See Brown Trout outings in La Plata CountyOther surveyed lakes nearby
By road from Bayfield, the town closest to this water.
- McPhee Reservoir (Main Boat Ramp) 204 fish netted 2021
- Blue Mesa Reservoir (Elk Creek) 730 fish netted 2022
- Twin Lakes Reservoirs 448 fish netted 2019
- Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir 339 fish netted 2019