But the brown trout population in one of Colorado’s most visible and accessible mountain reservoirs has declined in recent years, prompting state wildlife officials to consider stricter fishing ...

Fish get stressed, too. It’s why Colorado Parks and Wildlife closely monitors popular angling spots throughout the year for ...

RELATED: Possible brown trout fishing restrictions going in next year after declining population in Colorado State and local wildlife managers petitioned the FWS in 1998 to get the Rio Grande ...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story inaccurately reported that native trout species had returned to the channel. While Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reported recovery of brown trout and ...

He was a beautifully colored 19-inch brown trout with spots that looked like dark eyes against the golden scales of his sides. Darren held him up for photos and then told me to put the fly back ...

Brown, Rainbow, Brook and Cutthroat travel in the creek. Silverthorne, Blue River — Possibly Colorado’s most popular winter fly fishing spot, Blue River is populated with trout. Cutthroat ...

The Colorado River Connectivity Project reconnected ... CPW biologists also previously observed “extensive” brown trout spawning activity in the river connectivity channel last fall, along ...

It may regain its status as a popular fishing spot when it reopens to the public in 2027. Experts discover fish making ...

Brown trout are naturally inclined to seek out larger meals, so show them what they’re looking for. Jasper Taback began his outdoor career in the mountains of northern Colorado, where a short ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating an outbreak ... Rainbow trout spawn in the spring, unlike brown trout which spawn in the fall. The annual reproduction ritual can be very taxing on the ...