here are some pics from last season. we may not have nearly as good of fishing as you eastern colorado guys but we have some decent waters.
monster cutbow
me making out with a laker
little mack
nice mack
beautiful mack
A nice mack (sorry about pic quality)
beauty bow (lil 16" guy)
18" bow
22" northern
fat northern
pretty 16" bow
nice bow
crappie and perches
pics from ruedi, vega, crawford, and taylor. (1 from blue)
You should...the weather ain't so bad when you are catching nice fish. Of course, I say that having lost 36 pounds and not having a warming layer of blubber anymore like I did that season :'( Rainbows and perch are generally more than willing to bite anything in the winter so its a fun time.
I wish I lived by taylor I am like 3 and a half hours away lol. We usually stay 2-3 days there each winter though. Maybe not this winter :-\ stagecoach and that area will be our primary. Crawford will also be a primary 5 day trip for me. (even though it is only 1 hr or so away)
crawford.
Caught hundreds of perch last season in a few trips of up to 13". Perch ranged in size from 3-13" and averaged 6-7" for the males and 11-12" for the females.
Crappie were either 8", 12", or 15". Mostly 12". 5 or so per day but if you stay all night you can catch many more.
Caught some pike up to 26" in length, lost a few bigger ones. Had many bite offs fishing for perch with ratsos, and landed a few on the two pound test and ratsos. Tipups were best.
Lost a monstrous fish of some sort I fought for 10 minutes, I think it was a catfish.
There are some bass but we didn't target them.
Caught many stocker rainbow trout of 12-15" in length. Caught a small brooder. (17" bow full of "the juice")
Not going to affect a lot of fishing areas, Clear Creek Reservoir is the only one I can think of. Camping should be better.
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New member here. I started fishing when I moved out to CO just over 4 years ago. I've done a lot of stream and river fishing (both spinning and fly-casting), probably because that is what CO is best known for? But recently I decided I wanted to become a more competent lake fisherman, and catch...
Anyone have any reports on fishing at Vallecito Lake? Northern's, bows, browns? Are there other fish here? Taking my 12 year old son there next week and we'd love to get into a snake or two but also want to catch some trout. Any guidance on tackle/lures/bait would be much appreciated.
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