
Frantz Lake
State Park in Chaffee County, Colorado
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Frantz Lake boasts excellent rainbow trout fishing year round and is a popular for ice fishing. Anglers at Frantz will also have quality fishing opportunities for smallmouth bass.
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Frantz Lake
State Park in Chaffee County, Colorado
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Conditions:
Frantz Lake boasts excellent rainbow trout fishing year round and is a popular for ice fishing. Anglers at Frantz will also have quality fishing opportunities for smallmouth bass.
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Description
Frantz Lake State Wildlife Area is a top quality fishery in the heart of Salida, CO. Frantz Lake provides an excellent fishing experience for the whole family and also has an ADA access fishing pier. No motorized boating is allowed at the SWA however hand-launched fishing craft such as canoes and kayaks are popular.

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If you use water, aquatic nuisance species (ANS) can affect you. For example, Zebra and quagga mussels clog up the infrastructure that delivers water to our homes. Keeping invasive species under control is a matter of public health.