Clear Creek Reservoir (Chaffee County)

Fishing from both the shore and boat remains good at Clear Creek Reservoir. Near the dam at the northern part of the reservoir, shore anglers caught several trout on orange PowerBait during the morning. At the boat ramp parking lot, bait anglers caught several trout by fishing the lake’s bottom with either rainbow PowerBait, worms, or rainbow Mike’s Glo Bait.  Fishing a bubble and fly with 18 inch leader around the dock has been very productive at morning. An angler caught a tiger musky on a Blue Fox Vibrax Minnow Spinner (size 1 and brown trout pattern) at the boat ramp parking lot. At the first parking lot area above the boat ramp, the trout went for yellow/corn PowerBait. Successful shore anglers at the upper part of the reservoir caught trout on green PowerBait and yellow Berkley’s Floating Magnum Eggs. One angler caught two tiger muskies on a rainbow trout pattern Rapala (size 7) near the inlet of the reservoir. Fly fisherman reported either red or green Wooly Buggers as being the most productive fly.  Morning anglers fared better at landing fish when compared to afternoon and evening anglers’ catch rates.

Boat fishing remains good. Boat anglers targeting kokanee salmon may want to troll with Tasmanian Devil lures during the morning. Trolling the southern part of the reservoir with gold or perch colored Kastmasters, brass/red spotted Jake’s lures, and perch Krocodile spoons were effective last week. No one reported landing a tiger musky from a boat.

The reservoir is closed to trailer and motorized watercrafts on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Boating hours are from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Midday water surface temperatures were in the mid 50’s F°.

DeWeese Reservoir (Custer County)

No report this week.

Hayden Meadows Reservoir

Henry Lake (Crowley County)

No current update at this time.

Last report date: 5/13

Henry went dry last year and experienced a complete loss of fish. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be stocking Henry​ with Gizzard Shad, Channel Catfish, Crappie, and Saugeye and other species as they are available from hatcheries.

John Martin Reservoir State Park (Bent County)

No current update at this time.

Last report date: 5/20

Fishing in the Main Reservoir remains a little slow to start as water temperatures hang in the high forties to low fifties, surface temperatures are increasing as long as the days stay warm. Fishing success has been found by fishermen trolling in boat around some of the rocky shorelines and some shoreline fishing during the last few weeks typically in the afternoon time frame. ​

White bass have been hitting on hard baits and mussels. A few decent walleye are also being caught. Crappie fishing has been sparse at this point with only a few reported caught in the last couple of weeks.

Catfish are being caught fairly well in the Stilling Basin, most of the catfish are pretty small at this point.​

Lake Pueblo State Park (Pueblo County)

Last update 5/27

It has finally arrived!  The official start of summer here at Lake Pueblo is marked by the Memorial Day holiday.  With the increase in fishing we have seen quite a few nice fish being brought in.  Walleye, Catfish and Trout are being caught on the lake with some near trophy size fish being netted.  the river flows have been raised to their summer levels, making fishing a little more tough below the dam.  The Anticline and Valco ponds have been productive and continue to be the most family friendly areas to try for a variety of fish.

The free fishing weekend is coming up on June 7th and 8th, which is a great time to take out a first time fisherman.  As always please continue to follow the rules and regulations regarding methods of take and bait use while on the river.  If you have any questions please stop at the visitor center or ask a ranger on the park.  Tight lines everyone!

Lathrop State Park, Martin Lake and Horseshoe Lake (Huerfano County)

Last update 5/27

​Both lakes are providing a fair catch, with stocked trout, and a few northern pike still being pulled out of Martin. Stop by the Visitor Center to let us know how the fishing is.

Meredith Reservoir (Crowley County)

No current update at this time.

Last report date: 5/13

Meredith Reservoir went dry last year and experienced a complete loss of fish. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be stocking Meredith with Gizzard Shad, Channel Catfish, Crappie, Saugeye and other species as they are available from hatcheries.

Monument Lake (Teller County)

No current update at this time.

Last report date: 5/13

Fishing is slow.  Windy conditions persist.​​​​ ​

Mt. Elbert Forebay (Lake County)

Nee Gronda Reservoir (Kiowa County)

No current update is available at this time.​

Last report date: 5/13

Water levels at Nee Gronda continue to drop. Fall gill net surveys showed very limited numbers of all species although there was some harvest of catfish and wiper last summer. Launching of boats is not possible at this time and water access can be difficult. Stocking ativities have been suspended until conditions improve.​​​

Prospect Lake

No current update is available at this time.

Last report date: 4/28

Fishing is slow to moderate with a few larger fish being caught.​

Quail Lake (El Paso County)

Last update 5/27

Fishing is good on spinners gold or silver.  Most people catching their limit of rainbow trout.  Gizzard shad hanging out in schools on south west corner of the lake near the shoreline.

Skaguay Reservoir (Teller County)

No current update is available at this time.

Last report date: 5/13

Ice is off.  Fishing is good for trout, using power bait, (green power eggs), and salmon eggs.

Turk’s Pond (Baca County)

Last update 5/27

Turk’s Pond is fishing well for trout up to 14 inches. Power bait, salmon eggs, and worms are working well fished 10 inches above the bottom. Chicken livers and shrimp are good bets to bring in a catfish or two. Bluegill in the 7-8 inch range are being caught as well. CPW encourages anglers to keep every bullhead they catch as the lake is currently overpopulated with the species.

Last report date: 5/13

Turk’s Pond is fishing well for trout up to 14 inches. Power bait and worms are working well fished 10 inches above the bottom. Several Catfish to 26 inches were caught this week. Chicken livers and shrimp are good bets to bring in these fish. Bluegill in the 7-8 inch range are being caught as well.​

Turquoise Reservoir (Lake County)

Water level coming up but still too lower for boat ramp use.  Shore fishing is good with many of last year’s stocked rainbow and cutthroat being caught by bait and lure.

Trinidad Lake State Park (Las Animas County)

The lake is at 538 surface acres and the water temperature is in the mid 50’s. The fishing has slowed down a bit over the last week, but we are still seeing trout from the shorelines on various colored power bait, and walleye, bass and wiper caught from shore and boats.

Walleye are biting on various colored jigs. The bass and wiper have been caught on jigs and some bright colored lures. We did get a report of a 30 inch catfish caught this past week. With the water temperatures warming up the catfishing should start picking up.

​For more information call the Visitor’s Center at (719)846-6951.

Twin Lakes Reservoir (Lake County)

Last update 5/27

Fishing is fair to good with power baits and worms.

Two Buttes Reservoir (Baca County)

Last update 5/27

Two Buttes Reservoir is fishing well for trout up to 18 inches. Anglers should concentrate on water ranging from 8-12 feet deep. Spinners, spoons, and flies are working well. The water temperature is 65 degrees and has triggered the warm water species like Crappie, Bass, and Bluegill to start biting. Fish around the submerged trees and along the bank.

Check out the full report at: http://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/StatewideFishingConditions.aspx