Venable Lakes is a lake in Colorado, near Custer County.
Venable Lakes is a lake in Custer County, Colorado, and covers about 8.4 acres.
Venable Lakes is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for Venable Lakes include Cutthroat Trout.
While learning this small, open lake in Custer County, start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it.
On the 8.4-acre lake in Custer County, early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.
At Venable Lakes, 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.
At Venable Lakes, record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.