I live up that way and this is the worst year I've ever had on anything local. The fishing around here really is terrible.
A lot of the local and front range ponds are fed by/in the vicinity of the mountain creeks that flooded last year. So as a result a lot of them took a beating.
Go off the beaten path, try some ponds you wouldn't think of trying otherwise and you'll be well rewarded. Not trying to sound vague but being honest. I haven't fished a lot of the small bass ponds this summer but the ones I went to, I did pretty good.
Just get a fishing close to home book, and explore.