Fishing records often capture attention because some catches seem almost too big to believe. Lake trout are already known for ...

LAKE CITY, Colo. — The Lake Fork of the Gunnison was running cold and clear when I took my first tentative steps from shore, feeling my wading boots sliding off the smooth river rocks on the bottom.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For a long time, when I thought of trying my hand at fly fishing, I pictured myself standing in the ankle-deep water of a mellow river with a large rod in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Matt Smiley was planning to spend a relaxing Saturday watching college football. He’s really glad he changed his mind. Before sunrise on that fateful October ...

A Colorado man has broken the state record for the largest brook trout ever reeled in. Matt Smiley, of Lake City, caught the fish last month in Hinsdale County. Officials with Colorado Parks and ...

LAKE CITY, Colo. — A Lake City man caught a record-breaking brook trout last month at an alpine lake in Hinsdale County. It's the third time this year that the record has been broken, according to ...

As of spring 2025, Lake Champlain’s lake trout population is now self-sustaining, a goal that has been in the works for more than 50 years. After joining forces over multiple decades, Vermont, New ...

Colorado anglers have access to over 35 species of fish across 6,000 miles of streams and 1,300 lakes and reservoirs. As an industry, angling contributes $2.4 billion to Colorado’s economy each year, ...

With spring runoff, Colorado’s rivers come alive. And anglers start seeing gold. They are blessed with this state’s bounty of Gold Medal fisheries, a status reserved for waters boasting both quantity ...

Information for Anglers – BASSMASTER Magazine is out with its annual report on the top 100 bass fishing spots in the country and Colorado lands two lakes in the listing. Pueblo Lake State Park cracks ...