Fox Hollow Golf Course

Had a few spare minutes after work tonight so took the boy over to Fox Hollow Golf Course.  Sitting just below Bear Creek Lake he told me with friends he was catching alot of Smallies Just below the Dam.  After About 5 Casts with a white curly tail grub this guy hit my line.

While we didn't catch anything of any size to talk about other then the crayfish The little had a ball catching alot of small Smallies.  Defintely a great place to take the young ones to get them into fishing just watch out for golf balls flying by.  Try hooking on a white curly tail grub and swimming it we also did well with a Red/Gold  MEPPS XD.

Did he really try to eat that the Rapala is almost as big as he is!

Best one of the night.

Have fun fishing and remember even if you only have a few minutes you can find a place to fish in Denver!

Chatfield Res.

With a few hours to burn me and the boy decided to give Chatfield a go.   Our first time at the park we had heard there are some small ponds to the south of the lake that were decent fishing.  We loaded up the poles and took off in search of some evening fishing.  This is a state park so if you do not have an annual pass you will have to pay to get in.  We found the a parking lot by the first pond and started fishing.  It looks like it was used mostly for boating so after a few minutes we decided to move on.  With a couple casts into the Dog Training pond we caught this.

Hoping for some bigger fish we decided to move on.  I saw some other people fishing, but looks like they were after catfish.  After a bit of a walk and alot of Poison Ivy( it was everywhere so consider yourself warned),  we came upon another pond with alot of weeds.  With the first cast I managed to catch a nice sized Bluegill. 

This pond turned out to be very productive.

Nice Bass the boy caught on a popper!

Did that bluegill really manage to get that gigantic popper in his mouth?

 All in all I would rate this area very good for fishing. All fish were released.

Waterton Canyon

 

With some time with the short one I decided to take a try at Waterton Canyon.  I knew there would be alot of hiking involved and I know some times he gets tired of just walking and wants to just fish.  I jumped in the water as soon as I could after about 10 mins and a couple of good spots I manager to hook into this little guy.  After that the fishing went pretty well.  Nothing of real size for the first mile. but I did hook into a lot of little guys.  After about a mile of walking up the river I jumped out to move up a little faster as this was a new water and I wanted to find the bigger ones.

This is the sign I saw when walking up the path.  Hmm wonder if being in the water fishing is a good idea??

Throwing caution to the wind I jumped back in and look what was waiting for me at the first hole.   He sat there the entire time I was fishing.  Just waiting for me to catch a little one and let him have it for a snack.

Climbing on the rocks above that hole I decided to fish for a bit.  This is the picture of the one that got away.  He was the biggest fish I caught today after hooking into him he made a run for the falls being kinda stuck I tried to muscle him back up grabbed the camera and snapped the picture right after he threw my lure and splashed back down into the pool.

After catching a few more small browns I decided to jump back out and venture further up the stream. 

Hmmm This trip may get really interesting. 

Twenty minutes later I look up the hill to see this guy watching me .  I know the picture isn't great as my little camera isn't meant for long range pictures, but that is a bear that little black spot in the middle.  I decided that I had enough fishing and jumped out to walk back down the trail.  Overall Waterton canyon was a great fishing trip caught alot of smaller fish and a couple big ones.  I would recommend bringing a bike as there is a road to ride on and the fishing gets better after the Marston Dam which is 3.5 miles up.  Remember this area is artificial fly and lure only and there is a 2 trout limit if you plan to keep them.  A day spent fishing is a day worth living.

 

Bear Creek

With the temperatures dropping and a couple days of rain storms the water temps dropped enough to be able to fish Bear Creek.  Took the young one up and jumped in the creek.  Within minutes he had hooked into the first fish.  We weren't able to get that one to the bank, but 3 casts later he had hooked another.  The fishing was hot and heavy we walked about 1/2 a mile upstream pulled in 15 fish in total most smaller, but a couple nice ones.  There is nothing better then the small creek fight on an ultra lite pole.  Fished with Mepps XD Black/Gold and White/silver.  Remember to catch and release!!

Marston Lake

After browsing the net looking to see if this was fishable I got 2 different answers.  One there is some really nice fish, and two it is DOW property.  I decided to take a ride over to see.  Well it is fenced off and there are some signs that say no tresspassing so I guess there may be some nice fish in there but it is owned by the department of water. 

Ward Road Pond

Got out today to the Ponds at Ward Road.  I was able to sneak out of the house with my float tube.  The litttle guy didn't want to bring his so he fished from shore.  I was testing out a new bait so I could write a review on it.  Things did not go well with it.   The bait was way to heavy to fish in these ponds with all the weeds.   After about 20 mins I switched to a popper man there is nothing better then a bass top water strike.  After about 2 hours of fishing I managed to hook into 4 bass.  I strongly recommend a trip here.  Two things though there is a alot of weeds close to shore so fishing topwater or weedless is a must, second this is a catch and release pond so you can't take them with you.  I have seen some huge bass trolling the shallows still working on getting one into my net.  Remember to catch and release, and take the young ones fishing with you. 

Bear Creek Lake

I am reminded today that unless the young ones are catching fish fishing is no fun.   With a trip to the lake float tubes in hand, I thought we would be in for another fun filled day of catching some nice fish.  The lake is usually a little busier on Saturday's and Sunday's, but I thought we would give it a go.  Trolling a white curly tail grub has worked well before not today though.  After about a half an hour on the lake the little one started to grow bored.  I switched over to worms in hopes of some quick bites to keep him entertained not luck though.  Fairly quickly the fishing trip turned into a lets just splash around the lake and look for interesting stuff.  All in all good time.  I added a picture from a past trip just to remind me that it is not always about catching fish sometimes it is about hanging out with the kids.

Cache La Poudre

After all the fires I was a little worried about traveling to this river, but with Bear Creek shut down due to the low flows and jonesing for some good trout fishing I made the trip.  When we got into the canyon all you could see was burnt trees all around.  We stopped at the first pull off area to check the color of the water and see what the area looked like.  To my surprise the water was clear even though the banks were littered with burnt wood and ash that had flown down with all the extra water.  I decided to drop a line and see what I could find.  To my surprise on my first cast I saw the flash of a trout that just missed my lure.  Nothing is better the tracing your lure back and seeing that flash.  Three casts later I hooked into a nice sized Brown.  He quickly headed for fast water and managed to throw my lure.  Not giving up that easily I kept up the casts.  Not to long to wait until I managed to land my first fish.  I managed to land a few after that.   I wanted to see what the rest of the river was like so we traveled up further.  As we got up stream a couple miles the fishing slowed not sure if it was time of day or the fact that there was a lot more debris in the water, but we did not find a better spot then that first one.