[Chief]

For trout variety try Yampa. Alot of people go to stagecoach but right down the road next to the town of Yampa are some great little lakes.
Yampcola has large browns and rainbows and allows boats with motors, Bear lake has mostly stockers, Harper Res has 13" brookies and Rams Horn ponds has cutthroat. The Mandell lakes great flyfishing has huge bows. Their is also alot of stream fishing. Camping is all rustic with water at Bear Lake. Their is also upper still water lake.

 

[john]

Chief: Thanks for posting the info. It's nice to hear about some new (to me) places to try. John

 

[NeWcS]

Thanks for that.


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[roth2000]

I also like to fish around Yampcola.  The camping is absolutely beautiful there and the fishing is great.  Last year I went there with a friend and literally caught hundreds of fish between the two of us.  Most of the fish we caught seemed to be average trout in the 10"-14" range but there are a few bigger ones.  Don't miss out on fishing the small creeks below the dams at each lake that is where I saw some of the larger fish.
Try waking up to this site in the morning

Here are a couple more from the area

 

[slayerfish]

Been fishing the area since 1986. Used to backpack there but now usually truck camp. I prefer hiking to the higher lakes from the nearby trailheads. The fishing isn't quite what it was in the early '90s but can find some pigs now and then. The easy lakes are Yamcolo,Bear Lake, and Upper Stillwater Lake. I caught a 13" brooky from Harper back in 1986. Only been back once and was skunked. The Mandell lakes are excellent,as is Hooper,Keener ,Edge. Heart lake can be dynomite,7.5 miles back. Also unnamed lakes there can be awesome. I'll always love that area.