Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Vallecito Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Colorado, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
2 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Durango & the San Juan.
Vallecito Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Colorado. Our destination hub Durango & the San Juan is 20 mi away in a straight line.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Vallecito Reservoir or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Vallecito Reservoir
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Vallecito Reservoir: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Vallecito Reservoir, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Vallecito Reservoir in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Special-regulation trout waterThe Los Pinos River in La Plata County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Colorado · about 16 mi
Gold Medal WaterThe Animas River from Santa Rita Park, Durango, Colorado. Photo: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Colorado · about 20 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Vallecito CreekThe Piedra River in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Vallecito Creek.
Colorado · about 5 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Hermosa CreekThe Gunnison River at the North Fork confluence, Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hermosa Creek.
Colorado · about 16 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Martin LakeNavajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Martin Lake.
Colorado · about 18 mi
Special-regulation trout waterSan Juan River in New Mexico · not this reachThe San Juan River between Navajo Dam and the community of Navajo Dam, New Mexico. Photo: Phil Slattery, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
Colorado · about 86 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water.
On the CPW Quality Waters list (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
3.3 of 11 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Pagosa Springs, CO · 31 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · San Juan & Rio Grande
Nearby
What 2 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 2 nearby guide websites
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Green drake (June to July)
Durango sits on the Animas River in southwest Colorado; the San Juan River tailwater below Navajo Dam is across the state line in New Mexico, and the Piedra and Los Pinos rivers lie to the east.
Destination hub · 20 mi away in a straight line
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes
Open the checklistChironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Vallecito Reservoir.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Vallecito Reservoir” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Special-regulation trout waterThe Los Pinos River in La Plata County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gold Medal WaterThe Animas River from Santa Rita Park, Durango, Colorado. Photo: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Vallecito CreekThe Piedra River in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Vallecito Creek.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Hermosa CreekThe Gunnison River at the North Fork confluence, Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hermosa Creek.
Colorado · about 16 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Martin LakeNavajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Martin Lake.
Colorado · about 18 mi
Special-regulation trout waterSan Juan River in New Mexico · not this reachThe San Juan River between Navajo Dam and the community of Navajo Dam, New Mexico. Photo: Phil Slattery, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
Bayfield, Colorado
Fishing lodge · 1.0 mi
Bayfield, Colorado
River cabins · 2.5 mi
Durango, Colorado
River cabins · 9.0 mi
