North Catamount 4-29-07

[DonInDenver]

A friend and I fished North Catamount Reservoir yesterday for the first time. What a gorgeous place! It's part of the Colorado Springs North Slope Recreation area. There are 3 water supply reservoirs open to fishing - North Catamount, South Catamount, and Crystal Creek Reservoir. The North lake is flies and lures only. Bait is allowed in the other 2. Access is from the Pikes Peak toll road and runs $4 per person. You can use hand or electric powered boats, but they have to be brought in on cartop or in the back of a pickup as no trailrers are permitted. You have to carry them down to the water.

We didn't catch a lot of fish, but others who walked farther along the north shore seemed to do better. The lakes have rainbows, brooks, browns, cutthroat, and lake trout. I'll be back.

View of the peak from north shore:



Barb with a Kastmaster rainbow:




If you bring your tube, bring the neporenes, cuz the ice just went off last week. My new Fat Cat:


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