Quality Colorado fishing shifts toward catch and release
Colorado’s quality fishing program aims to recycle trout by emphasizing catch and release and wild reproduction. Officials predict expanded restrictions on lakes and streams, with trophy waters near the Royal Gorge and older streams transitioning to fly and lure only fishing to protect future stocks.
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Nittmann
Colorado
Parvin Lake
Larimer County
North Park
Lake John
Klein
Cache la Poudre
Poudre Canyon
Hoth
Greeley Woman Chairs 67th Audubon Convention in Denver
More than a thousand National Audubon Society members gather in Denver June 7 11 at the Hilton for the 67th annual convention on public lands use. Gretchen Cutts of Greeley chairs a program featuring governor speakers, panels, field trips to Pawnee Grasslands and Rocky Mountain areas, and an Audubon art sale.
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Denver
National Audubon Society
Hilton Hotel
Gretchen Cutts
Greeley
Oregon
Tom McCall
Quality fishing rules set to take effect June 7
Rocky Mountain National Park introduces new fishing regulations under Supt. Roger J. Cantor. Aims to replace populations with native greenback trout. Possession limits vary by species. four fish at 10 inches for cutthroat, six for brook rainbow and brown with no minimum. Open use of flies and artificial lures. Bear Lake closed April to late May. Special management area on Colorado River up to Timber Creek requires 14 inches for kept trout.
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Edder
Colorado
Larimer County
Parvin Lake
Ron Tollefson
Tribune
Wyoming
Rolf Nittmann
Fort
New York
Smith
Greeley
Poudre
Windsor
Kodak
Roaring Fork River
Gunnison
Rocky Mountain National Park
Roger J. Cantor
Colorado River
Timber Creek
Bear Lake
Hunter safety course set for La Salle Saturday
A full day hunter safety course will take place at La Salle Elementary School in La Salle on Saturday. The class runs from morning until 4 30 p.m. Participants should bring a sack lunch. Those who pass will receive hunter safety cards at day’s end, per Charlie Brown area Wildlife Conservation Officer.
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la Salle
Charlie Brown
Area Wildlife Conservation Officer
Weekly fishing report highlights open high country and lakes
Vern's fishing notes progress into open country with top spots like Morsetooth Reservoir boasting 4-8 pound browns and walleyes. Watson Lake offers 8-10 inch rainbows, Poudre River runs high yet wading remains fair upstream, and North Fork and Stehnholz Lakes show 10-14 inch rainbows and browns with bait and flies. Stocking updates include Watson Creedmore Lost North Fork and others. conditions vary from open water to iced or closed areas, with reservoirs and creeks reporting mixed success.
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Vern
Morsetooth
Rainbow
Watson Lake
North Fork
Chambers Lake
Lost & Laramie
Carmteron Pass
Laramie River
North Park Lake John
Delaney Buttes
North
South Lakes
Stehnholz Lakes
Royal Coachman
Arele
Creedmore Lake
Bellare Lake
Sand Creek
Cerdian
Lost Lake
North Fork Pourlce River
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Nick Klein
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Trout Unlimited
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Quality Lake
Fort Collins
Red Feather
Parvin
John A. Love
Floyd Haskell
Charles Luce
National Water Commission
Tom Bell
High Country News
Burton Silcock
BLM
John McGuire
U.S. Forest Service
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National Parks and Wildlife
Noland Clement
Nathaniel Reed
Roger Cantor
Edwin Merrick
National Wildlife Federation
Robert Lurner
Rocky Mountain
Fletcher Newby
Montana State Environmental Council
Eugene Knoder
National Audubon Sociat
David Evans
Colorado School of Mines
Robert McKelvey
University of Montana
Wright
Frederick Wagner
College of Natural Resources
Utah State Univrsity
Tom Lasater
Colorado Rancher
Oliver Scott
Marie Audubon Society
Casper, Wyn
Cynthia Wilson
Washington Rep
Rocky Mun. National
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Weekly Fishing Report
Red Feathers
Dowdy Lake
St. Vrain River
Sterling Res
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