Exploring Grand Mesa near Grand Junction

Great place to get after a wide variety of trout, my best advice would be to just go explore. Over 300+ lakes/streams up there, some harder to get to then others...But a handful of them are park-n-fish so to speak on paved roads.

Vega Reservoir (State Park) is usually a consistant producer and easy to get to.

CPW sells a spiral bound book with the lakes divided by area called Fishing the Grand Mesa. They sell it at the Visitor Center, was six bucks, has maps, species and how to get to each one. Saves a ton of time. About half or less of the lakes are stocked, most are pulled down late season to irrigate land from Collbran to Cedaredge. Some, like Island, get pulled down less than others and are clear. Some get tannic, others turn over early and get brown. Studying the book to refine an area is best, then move lake to lake as conditions dictate. I usually fish 3 lakes in a day for variety of species and to get a better bite.