Canada Fishing Info

ALMONT — Faithful readers of this page will notice something new for this late in September — the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s statewide fishing report. In years past, the DOW issued the fishing report, gleaned from sources around the state ranging from DOW field officers to fishing shops and guide services, from Memorial Day through Labor Day. But before you dig out the box of really small stuff, this, too, is the time to tie on a streamer, say a simple Woolly Bugger, Muddler Minnow or Autumn Splendor or even a traditional tie like a Spruce Fly, which Grand Junction angler Mac Cunningham used with great success last week during the annual Gunnison Superfly contest. This is the time when larger fish, those heavy-bodied browns, rainbows or cutthroat trout you see only rarely during the rest of the year, make themselves a bit more catchable by eagerly chasing dinner, whether it’s a minnow, sculpin or a well-tied bundle of feathers, ribbon and steel. This week’s tips include the news that the Division of Wildlife, which spawns kokanee at several locations around the state including Roaring Judy Hatchery on the East River north of Almont, will be giving away spawned-out kokanee to licensed anglers at Roaring Judy on the final three Fridays of October, beginning at 9 a. read more

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