Angling
Favorite fishing holes
Whether you’re looking to spend a day reeling in a catch from your boat or just want to relax and cast a line along the shore, here are some favorite fisheries in northeast Colorado. For more information, and other places to fish, check out Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Colorado Fishing Atlas at https:// bit.ly/3e28qTt. Akron City Lake — Directions: Exit I-76 for U.S. 6 toward U.S. 34/Brush/Yuma; turn left onto I-76BUS W/US-6 W. Take a sharp left onto US-34 E; after about 21 miles turn right onto County Road BB. In 1.8 miles, turn left onto County Road 39 and continue .4 miles. Boating: none; Fish: Largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, green sunfish; Elevation: 4,608 feet Barr Lake State Park — Directions: Take I-76 northeast from Denver, exit on Bromley Lane. Go east to Picadilly Road, then south to the park entrance. Boating: Only sailboats, hand-propelled craft and boats with electric trolling motors or gasoline motors of 10 horsepower or less are permitted on Barr Lake. A boat ramp is located adjacent to the north parking lot; Fish: Channel catfish, smallmouth and largemouth bass, rainbow trout, walleye, bluegill, wiper and tiger muskie are among the species that have been stocked at Barr Lake by the Colorado Colorado Parks & Wildlife; Water Acres: 1,918; Elevation: 5,100 feet Boyd Lake State Park — Directions: Exit I-25 west at U.S. 34 near Loveland, turn north onto Madison Avenue, then follow the signs. Boating: Two paved launch ramps. A six-lane ramp is located north of the swim beach, while a two-lane ramp is located just north of the group picnic area. The entire lake is open to boating and sailing. Only the south end of the lake is open to water-skiing. The ski pattern is counterclockwise; Fish: Bass, catfish, crappie, perch, rainbow trout and walleye; Water Acres: 1,750; Elevation: 4,958 feet DePoorter Lake — Directions: Take I-76 to the Julesburg exit (Hwy 385) and go north about 1 mile to the access road. Follow the access road as it winds east, northeast, and then east again, to the lake. Boating: Non-motorized; Fish: Largemouth bass, bluegill, black bullhead, carp, channel catfish, green sunfish, yellow perch, saugeye; Elevation: 3,455 feet Doty Park Pond — Directions: Take I-76 to CO-71 S/Colorado Ave in Brush. Travel south on CO-71 about 3 miles; continue on Colorado Ave. Turn right onto N. Railway St, then left onto Clayton St. Turn left at the third cross street onto Ellsworth St.; the pond is on your
such as walleye, bass, catfish, perch, crappie and wipers. Trout are stocked in the spring and fall; Water Acres: 2,600; Elevation: 4,440 feet Jeff’s Pond — Directions: Take I-76 to the Sterling exit and go west on Highway 6 about 18 miles to Fleming. Turn left on S. Logan Ave, then right on E. Broadway. Boating: None; Fish: Largemouth bass, channel catfish, red ear sunfish; Elevation: 4,236 feet. Jumbo Reservoir SWA (aka Julesburg Reservoir) — Directions: Take I-76 to the Red Lion exit (#155). Go 3 miles north to Highway 138, then 1 mile northeast to County Road 95, then 2 miles north to the reservoir; Boating: Boating prohibited Oct. 1 through the last day of waterfowl season, except hand-propelled craft used to set and pick up decoys and downed waterfowl retrieval; Fish: Warm water, walleye, wiper and crappie; Water Acres: Approximately 1,552 acres; Elevation: Minimum 3,703 - maximum 3,752 North Sterling State Park — Directions: From Main Street in Sterling, turn north on N. Seventh Avenue, follow the sign 12 miles to the reservoir; Boating: Three boat ramps, waterskiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft; Fish: Walleye, crappie, perch, bass, bluegill, catfish, tiger muskie and wiper; Water Acres: 2,880 (fluctuates during the irrigation season); Elevation: 4,065 feet Pioneer Lake — Directions: Exit I-76 for U.S. 6 toward U.S. 34/Brush/Yuma; turn left onto I-76BUS W/US-6 W. Take a sharp left onto USSara Waite / Sterling Journal-Advocate 34 E for about 50 miles. Turn left onto S. Brantly Bennet shows his catch, a 9.6-inch sun Idlewild St, then turn right at the first cross fish, from Jeff's Pond in 2019. street onto E. Fifth Ave. Boating: None; Fish: Largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, green sunfish; right. Boating: None; Fish: Largemouth bass, Elevation: 4,121 feet. bluegill, black bullhead, channel catfish, red Prewitt Reservoir — Directions: Approxiear sunfish; Elevation: 4,222 feet mately 20 miles northeast of Brush. Take I-76 Horsetooth Reservoir — Directions: Take to exit 102. Travel north 1 mile to Highway I-25 to the Fort Collins exit (Harmony-Timnath), go west on Harmony, then north on Taft 144, turn right and travel approximately 7 miles to the reservoir entrance. Boating: No Hill Road about 1 mile to County Road 38E, motor restrictions, but the entire lake is waketake County road 38E west to the reservoir; Boating: No restrictions; Fish: Largemouth and less, boat ramp; Fish: Trout, wiper, yellow smallmouth bass, walleye, saugeye, white bass perch, crappie, largemouth bass, channel catand wiper; Water Acres: 2,000; Elevation: 5,400 fish, white bass, saugeye and walleye; Water Acres: 900; Elevation: 7,260 feet feet Stalker Lake — Directions: From Wray, go 2 Jackson Lake State Park — Directions: From U.S. 34/I-76 interchange, take Colorado miles west on Highway 34 to County Road FF, Highway 39 north for 7.25 miles through Goo- then 1 1/2 miles north to the access road, then 1/2 mile west to the property. Boating: Boat drich, then go west on Y5 (follow the paved ramp, hand-propelled or electric motors only; road) for 2.5 miles. Boating: A boat ramp with Fish: Largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluefour lanes is located on the west shore of the gill and tiger muskie; Water Acres: 26; Elevalake. The lake is closed to motorized boating Nov. 1; Fish: Stocked with warm-water fish, tion: 3,566 feet
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