ill be takin a trip to lakewood, colorado in the next couple weeks. ill be stayin with a relative around the three lakes area. i was lookin for some info on what lakes, ponds and rivers were around. what species are in the individual bodies of water and can i use a float tube on one? im mostly lookin for some trout waters but all others are cool. and what techniques have been workin for all species lately? and lastly are their any kiddie ponds as im going to teach my cousin to fish.
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If your staying in Lakewood there is Arvada res, clear creek but its prolly blown out and then there is some ponds along I-70 as for techniques, im not sure as I have been in wyoming all summer. Check the divison of wildlifes webpage
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There are dozens of ponds and small lakes in the Lakewood/Littleton area. Some allow float tubes and some don't. The ones that don't are posted as such. Most of the ponds have warmwater species and some are stocked with trout as well. Many have saugeye, too. Additionally you have Chatfield Reservoir and Bear Creek Reservoir. Both have trout as well as SMB and walleye/saugeye. Bear Creek is a great float tube lake. A great resource is the Colorado Division of Wildlife publication "Fishing Close to Home" which you can order here: [url "http://wildlife.state.co.us/wildlifeStore/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=P07"]http://wildlife.state.co.us/...o.aspx?productid=P07[/url] Some sporting goods stores carry it, too, but not many.
As far as techniques go, standard trout baits and flies work, woolie buggers, hare's ears, prince nymphs and gray uglys are a good start. Jerkbaits, crankbaits, plastic worms and topwaters are producing for bass. A jig and crawler or Lindy-rigged crawler for saugeye and walleye, and jerkbaits and crawlers for walleye at night work well.
Here's a link to the weekly DOW fishing report for Colorado, including the Denver metro area:
[url "http://wildlife.state.co.us/Fishing/Reports/StatewideConditions/"]http://wildlife.state.co.us/Fishing/Reports/StatewideConditions/[/url]
There are no "kiddie ponds" as such that I know of.
Hope that gives you a decent start.
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you both have helped me a tremendous amount. but i do have another question. how is the fishing at Bear Creek Greenbelt ponds and hows the river? is it catch and release? and are there any special rules such as minimum length to keep or barbless hooks? i do know that only artificial lures are allowed...i think
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I don't know anything about the Bear Creek Greenbelt ponds. I used to flyfish Bear Creek itself from about where C-470 crosses it up to above the town of Evergreen. Cool little stream. Runoff here is still going on, but it may drop by the time you get here.
Bear Creek is a really special little creek. Please mash down your barbs.
The regulations for Bear Creek are:
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1. Fishing is by artificial flies and lures only.
2. The bag and possession limit for trout (except rainbow trout) is two fish.
3. All rainbow trout must be returned to the water immediately upon catch.
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yes of course most of my hooks have had their barbs smashed down but on an unrelated question why are the rainbows catch and release only? here in NM brown and brook trout are usually the ones that anglers want to toss back due to them being rare and the rainbows are stocked annually
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I don't know for sure, but I do know that there are swarms of small browns in Bear Creek and it wouldn't hurt to remove some of those. When I used to fish Bear Creek a lot, we caught occasional rainbows to 17". It may just be an effort to protect those bigger fish.
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Hey BamBam75-
How was your trip??
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