Blue Mesa Ice Fishing Report: Good ice and great fishing! Blue Mesa reservoir near Gunnison and Crested Butte, Colorado has 8-20″ of ice across the entire reservoir with 4-6″ inches of snow on top. The ice is holding up well due to the insulation of the snow and the cold Gunnison Valley nights. The days […]
Antero Ice Fishing Report: Not much change… Antero reservoir still has plenty of ice with some snow on top. Fishing has remained steady most days with the fish preferring smaller ice jigs and baits the majority of the time. Tipping your presentation is very important as well! Make sure you have some variety of meal […]
Blue Mesa Ice Fishing Report: the lake is capped; use caution! Blue Mesa reservoir is completely capped! It froze in several phases and ice thickness varies so use extreme caution! There are some large pressure ridges in Cebolla, around Middle Bridge, West Elk, Soap Creek, and Sapinero so use caution! From the Narrows/Elk Creek eastward […]
Antero Ice Fishing Report: steady ice fishing action! All South Park lakes have been getting an enormous amount of pressure and Antero is no exception! This pressure has made for a tougher bite overall, but there is action to be had! We are seeing steady action most days, the key is to keep moving until […]
Antero Ice Fishing Report: Fishing action heating up! Antero Reservoir is a very popular ice fishing location and this year has been no exception! Fishing started off hot, but has been a little more challenging over the last few weeks with all of the pressure that the fish are seeing. The incoming storm fronts may […]
Blue Mesa Ice Fishing Report: Cold weather…HOT Fishing! It has been consistently cold in the Gunnison basin, but ice progress has been slow. The Iola basin is completely capped with 6-12″ of ice! This extends West in to the canyon and then a new layer of ice that is 1-4″ and somewhat inconsistent has formed […]
Blue Mesa Ice Fishing Report: A little ice and a lot of open water! Blue Mesa reservoir is slowly but surely building ice. The lake is down about 55′ so the lake looks a little different heading in to this ice season. The Gunnison River inlet starts about 1000 yards west of the Lake City […]
Antero Ice Fishing Report: Ice on! Antero reservoir has 5″+ across the entire lake! Fishing has been good most days for a mix of rainbow trout, cutbow trout, and brown trout. Fish have been showing up in 4-12′ of water. Jigging has been good during low light hours while dead sticking has been best the […]
11 Mile Ice Fishing Report: Ice is here, but use caution! Eleven Mile Reservoir has 4″+ across the lake and the fishing has been good for trout in the 16-18″ range with some bigger fish showing up as well! The Suckers Cove/ Cross Creek area has 6-8″ of ice. As always, use extreme caution on […]
Colorado Ice Fishing Forecast — November 10, 2020 So far, we are seeing the cold temperatures we need to get ice on a lot of the our bigger mountain lakes and reservoirs by early to mid December! A lot of the smaller high mountain lakes have already capped over and some of them already have […]
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