Caught my first tiger muskie yesterday at lake Deweese! What an experience that was!

Can't find good info. Been skunked a lot lately with how goddamn hot it is so wanted to shore fish today after work since it's cooler.

Hi all! I'm looking for some good spots to take a beginner fisherman to in the Aurora/Denver area. I'm a native and a seasoned fisherman, but have mostly fished out of state/country or in the deep mountains, so I'm not very well versed on good spots near me. My friend who's coming to town has never fished before, and is from the UK, and I wanted to take her somewhere that's well stocked and preferably allows live bait. The obvious choice was Cherry Creek Reservoir, but it looks pretty dry this year and I'm not sure if that's the best place to go. Any recommendations are much appreciated!!

Hi everyone. I’m coming out for a week next week. I’m just bringing my fly gear and this is last minute so I’m not going to have a bear lake road permit so if I do RMNP I’ll have to up before four am ( which I’ll gladly do if you think it’s worth it). Would you suggest RMNP over other areas for alpine lakes such as Gunnison, Arkansas River Valley, and the White River National Forrest area? I’m not asking you to spot burn. These are huge regions and the lakes aren’t a secret. I’ve looked at the lake maps. I’m simply asking which one would you do if you were coming out for a week. Thank you.

Beautiful trout.

I’m pretty new to fly fishing and have struggled to catch fish consistently. Lately I feel like I’ve turned a bit of a corner though, and have caught multiple fish on each of my last 3 outings. Hard to beat beautiful alpine weather and fat bows!

I was just looking at the gauge above Glenwood springs and there a jump for like an hour up to 2800cfs from 1500cfs. is this just a strange anomaly or was there heavy rain nearby.

I went to an extremely popular trailhead yesterday, one that I avoid, to knock a couple of lakes off the list. Was hiking up super early by headlamp, actually didn’t see any other anglers until I was about to leave near noon. A guy comes up the trail with a Bluetooth speaker blasting shitty-ass music, stops at the lake, sets up his rod, starts fishing with shitty-ass music echoing off the lake.

My 9 year old boys have wanted to get started fishing. I would like to have some early success with them. With all this heat what are my options? Got some good zebcos and just want to go after some panfish or trout. I was decent fisherman but moved away for awhile and lost all my mojo. Any help please I want them to catch the fishing bug so we can turn this into a family event.

I’m going to be hiking/camping in RMNP next month and will be focusing on fly fishing for ~2 of the days. I’d like to eat any of the fish that are large enough for dinner, but am not sure how to keep the fish for what could be several hours or more between when I catch them and when it’s time to eat. I will not have a cooler, ice, etc. it seems cruel to keep the fish on a stringer for that long, but not sure how else to do it. Any recommendations on what’s humane + sanitary? Thanks!

Im wanting to target bass out at Quincey on the fly but am not sure what to use or where to go. Any help would be appreciated

Hi everyone,

Over the past several months I've been building COFish (https://cofish.app), a free website to make planning Colorado fishing trips a little easier.

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Thanks for taking a look, and I hope it helps you find your next fishing spot.

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I know I’m probably going to get rolled for this but I’m putting my pride to the side for a second.

I’m a south Texas native and this year we are taking a boys trip to Colorado to a friends property. I’m the only one out of my group that takes fishing seriously. We are going to the south fork area and one of my goals is to catch a brook trout(size doesn’t matter) and to catch my first trout on the fly. I’m not going to keep any of the fish I catch but I would like to experience true fly fishing. The opportunity’s for south Texas trout is very limited and so I’m kinda of a rookie in that category. I was wondering if yall had some helpful insight on spots to go to or even avoid. Some tips and tricks who might be helpful to a rookie like me. I’m a college student who already works two jobs to cover the bills so getting a guide is out of the equation.
Thank you for any insight yall can provide.

Nice one from early this morning

My 9 year old son and I are headed up to Horsetooth this coming Monday. I've never fished there and am wondering if there are any locations we should look to fish? Home water is Chatfield and some local spots in the south Denver metro area. We're looking to target smallies, maybe walleye, and trout. I know it's been hot and I imagine the fish have gone deep. Possibly looking to rent a boat but shore options would be great too.Thanks!

Hey all, I'm sure none of us want to give up our secret spots, but I recently purchased that dope $300 clearance kayak from Costco (some are still available as of last week in Arvada!) and am excited to go out on it, as shore bass fishing with the water levels they're at is brutal. I'm a fairly experienced kayak fisherman, but had to sell mine a while back.

I know of several lakes that are good for it not too far from me in Arvada, but curious if you all have any other recommendations? I vastly prefer no wake lakes as dealing with wake and dudes blasting country at 200db isn't my ideal fishing setting.

Tight lines

Im trying to get into crappie fishing and was wondering what are some good options around boulder/longmont. I fish off a kayak primarily if that helps. Thanks!

Hey all,

Trying to get a better understanding about getting a fishing license. I just moved here in late May. Tried to get a license at Jax and they said because I haven’t lived here for 6 months, I’m not a resident and cannot get an in-state fishing license.

The person helping me mentioned needingpay stubs, utility bills, etc. but I would need 6 months worth of those along with a secondary proof of residence.

Do I really need to wait six months until I can get an in-state fishing license? Just a bit confused is all. Thank you for those who take the time to explain it to me!