Trout Fishing

[FishFondler]

Hi,

Coming to Colorado for a wedding and leaving in 4 days. Wanted to do some trout fishing, both stream and resevior. Have 4 wheel drive and not afraid to walk a ways. Will have my 9 year old son along and we plan to fish for about a week.

Will go anywhere in the state for the week to find some good fishing for trout and camping nearby.

Any suggestions on places? I intend to review many of the old posts but some fresh info would be great. Are there some other sites that I should check out to get the good scoop on trout in Colorado given that I am a walleye and crappie fisherman from MN with little experience on Colorado. Good action for kids is mostly what would be great. Thanks for any help. Brian

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Crappie are more than just panfish!!

[Guest]

FishFondler, There's tons of different options to choose from! Let me know what area you'll be staying in and I'll let you know what your best options are.

[FishFondler]

Gilles,

Thanks for your willingness to provide some info and help.

The wedding is in the Denver area but I plan to head down to Gunnison and the Black Canyon and scare myself silly again and will spend some time in the Ouray and Silverton area. We will likely head home through the Craig area in the NW.

I am open to driving to remote parts of the state for some good fishing area and not constrained by a set agenda. Just coming in for the wedding and then can head from Denver in any direction that leads me to a cool place with some good fishing options for trout. I will not have a boat with so am constrained a bit by shore fishing. Thanks for any help. Brian

[Guest]

If your heading towards Gunnison, you'll have tons of places to try out. My first suggestion would be Taylor Reservoir, 30 miles north of Gunnison. Trout, pike lake trout and kokanee dwell there and the scenery is tops. Call Taylor Park Trading post for a report.
Blue Mesa dam is about 10 miles west of Gunni. but will probably be pretty slow around this time of year.
The Black Canyon is another very scenic place but probably the most difficult place to catch trout in that region, although the state record rainbow was caught out of it not long ago, which was around 20 pounds. Rainbows average 4 to 5 pounds but there not easy to catch. I would say don't waste your time, but if you don't mind exchanging a large catch for a great experence and awsome scernery give it a whirl.
The Taylor, East and Gunnison rivers are all within a ten mile drive. If you fly fish the dry fly fishing is awsome around this time of year and if not lures or bait will work.
Any one of these stores will give you a current report.
Gene Taylors
(970)641-1845
Berfields
(970)641-5782
(Black Canyon and Blue Mesa report)
Lake fork Marina: (970)641-3048

[FishFondler]

Gilles, Thanks alot for the help. I will let you know how we did and we will have to call some of the contacts you gave me for updates. Years ago I fished on a reservior east of Ridgeway and did alright on some raibows and brook trout. Nothing big but caught some fish. Thanks for the help and if other hotspots come to mind please post them. I will be trying to get online once in awhile. Thanks again. Brian