Still Waters, September 10th, 2022

Aldous Lake

Still waters, and irrigation reservoirs in particular, are at the top of the list of waters needing a change in the weather to cooler conditions. For example, when irrigation draw-down increases water temperature into the seventy degrees Fahrenheit range, fish caught and released have a diminished chance of survival. The same can happen in shallow natural still waters especially during unseasonably warm weather such as we have just experienced.

There are a few still waters that appear to escape this warming and they are mostly a higher elevations. Local examples include, Aldous Lake and Paul’s Reservoir, and each now offers good fishing. Aldous Lake is a mile and a quarter walk from its trail head and is best fished through using a packed in flotation device,. A decent gravel road goes to Paul’s Reservoir, and it an be fished from the shoreline. Yellowstone cutthroat trout inhabit both these still waters. .