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 […]
Antero Ice Fishing Report: There is still some ice fishing to be had on Antero reservoir! Ice is 12-20″ thick across the reservoir with 1-5″ of snow/slush. The ice still seems to be pretty hard despite some warm days. Fish have been showing up deep and shallow. Dead sticking has still been the top producing […]
Antero Ice Fishing Report: The ice fishing remains steady on Antero reservoir. Ice is 12-20″ thick across the reservoir with 3-6″ of snow. The trout are starting to get in pre-spawn mode and there has been a push of more fish cruising the shorelines. Some anglers have complained of slow fishing. Part of this might […]
Blue Mesa Ice Fishing Report: slowly but surely more ice is forming! Blue Mesa reservoir is about 80% capped! The original ice cap stretched from the Gunnison River inlet to a little west of Elk Creek boat ramp. Now we have ice continuing from Elk Creek boat ramp west to the Dillon Pinnacles where it […]
Blue Mesa Ice Fishing Report: Last week’s cold temperatures made some new ice! Mid week we saw the narrows cap and then a few days later all of Iola capped! Currently, Blue Mesa is capped from the Gunnison River all the way to a little west of the Elk Creek boat ramp. Ice thickness varies […]
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