Morrow Point Reservoir is a reservoir in Colorado, near Gunnison County.
Morrow Point Reservoir is a reservoir in Gunnison County, Colorado, and covers about 817 acres, reaches about 413 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 117,190 acre-feet.
There is enough room for fish to move at Morrow Point Reservoir, so compare a protected side with a windblown bank before settling on one depth. Deep water at Morrow Point Reservoir gives fish room to move away from shore as summer heat and bright light build.
Morrow Point Reservoir fills a narrow part of the Black Canyon, with near-vertical walls and some of the deepest water in Colorado. Its lake trout can grow very large, but fish still relate to ledges and points rather than empty depth.
Use electronics to find a ledge, point, or bend with fish before dropping a heavy jig. Brown and cutthroat trout may hold closer to rocky edges or incoming water. Salmon move through open water and need their own trolling depth.
Fish listed for Morrow Point Reservoir include Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee Salmon, and Rainbow Trout.
When brown trout are the target, fish a light minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving water.
When the bite is unclear, start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and stained water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it.
On an opening pass, early in the year, protected water and the opening warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, test deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.
When the bite is unclear, a light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control.
After a bite, write down cover, water color, wind, and productive depth; those details help more on the next trip than a long list of empty spots.
On an opening pass, keep the first hour simple: use one moving bait to find active fish, slow down with a jig or natural bait on the strongest edge, and repeat the same setup when two bites come from matching depth and bottom during that part of the trip.
Its steep Black Canyon walls leave little shallow water, so useful ledges and points can be narrow and far below the surface.
Find fish on a deep ledge or point first, then hold a heavy jig close to their level.
No. Even in very deep water, fish usually gather where a ledge, bend, food, and good temperature come together.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.