Effective management of lake trout in Blue Mesa Reservoir contributed to Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeing its best kokanee ...

The 2026 Blue Mesa Lake Trout Tournament offers $10,000 in prizes, helps CPW manage fish populations, and follows a successful kokanee salmon spawn, with specific targets on smaller lake trout.

GUNNISON – Kokanee salmon have begun their annual spawning run from Blue Mesa Reservoir up the Gunnison River. Fishing enthusiasts hope the salmon will make a left turn at the East River and swim ...

DENVER (KDVR) — After a two-year hiatus, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Blue Mesa Reservoir lake trout tournament has returned. The tournament was last held in 2021 and returns on Jan. 1, 2024, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A four-month fishing tournament held for the purpose of helping Colorado Parks and Wildlife manage the kokanee salmon population in Blue Mesa Reservoir near ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado anglers could win ...

Name something of an outdoor nature that Colorado has in common with other places in the world. Mountains, forests, rivers, rafting, hiking, skiing, deer, bear and eagles. Fish? Now we're talking. You ...

Mackinaw — a city in Michigan at the northern tip of the Southern Peninsula; Mackinaw — a heavy wool coat with a plaid design; Mackinaw – a freshwater fish, native to northern North America. Being an ...

BLUE MESA RESERVOIR — In an effort to prop up water levels at the declining Lake Powell, federal water managers are negatively impacting recreation on Colorado’s biggest man-made lake. That’s the ...