Pueblo Reservoir fishing: Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Target species: Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Flathead Catfish
The reservoir
Pueblo Reservoir covers 2,708 acres in Colorado, across Pueblo County. It is a reservoir: 90.4% of it is 110 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 123 feet (37.3 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.
Depth: down to 123 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 123 ft (37.3 m). 90.4% of the water is 110 feet or shallower. We hold 64 depth contours for this water, drawn from 364,944 soundings.
- 0–10 ft: 10.3% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 8.6% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 8.7% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 9.4% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 9.5% of the water
- 110–120 ft: 9.7% of the water
5 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Rainbow Trout, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch, Common Carp, Gizzard Shad.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 62°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 43°F and the warmest is 78°F; the warmest monthly average is 74°F. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2017–2026.
Where this data comes from
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation — Pueblo Reservoir multibeam survey 2023 (USBR RISE): class A, a survey of the bottom, 2023.
- USACE CWMS — USACE CWMS elevation-area curves: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (RISE) — USBR area-capacity tables (RISE): class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
