This Blue Mesa Ice Fishing report is brought to you by Robby Richardson, owner and guide at Ice Fish Colorado. Over the last week we finally saw our section of “safe” ice grow from the Lake City Bridge area westward to a little ways past the Elk Creek Boat Ramp. Ice thickness is running 4-12″ […]

Blue Mesa is 100% capped! However, ice thickness still varies so be careful before you take the snowmobile and run across the entire lake! The last two areas to freeze were Cebolla basin and fromt the mouth of Soap Creek eastward to about a 1/4 mile west of the Middle Bridge. Cebolla seems to be […]

lue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison, Colorado has been fishing very good most days for brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, and yellow perch! There is safe ice from the Gunnison River inlet westward to a little ways past Elk Creek Boat ramp. The ice is 7-12″ thick and has about 3 to 6 inches of […]

Blue Mesa Reservoir is a lot higher than it has been over the last three years at this time, which means there is a lot more water to cool down to the point that it can freeze. There has been “safe” ice on the inley area up to about 200 yards west of the Lake […]

Blue Mesa is still about 95% open water and the fishing is excellent throwing jerk baits and jigs! There is a small patch of ice at the Gunnison River inlet that ranges from 3-9″ in thickness. There have been some people fishing it with success on typical trout spoons and jigs. More to come as […]

Safe still spans from the Gunnison River Inlet to about a 1/2 mile west of Elk Creek Boat Ramp. There is also 3-6″ of ice from the dam to a 1/4 mile east of Mac Island. The temps have been warm and the conditions seem to change daily so use caution! There is still about […]