Lake Fork Gunnison River
State Park in Gunnison and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado
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The Lake Fork of the Gunnison provides anglers quality trout fishing opportunities for rainbow and brown trout. Bank and wade fishing only.
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Lake Fork Gunnison River
State Park in Gunnison and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado
Water Type:
Conditions:
The Lake Fork of the Gunnison provides anglers quality trout fishing opportunities for rainbow and brown trout. Bank and wade fishing only.
Stocking Report:
Activities:
Common Species:
Body of Water
Description
From High Bridge Gulch downstream to Blue Mesa Reservoir.
The Lake Fork of the Gunnison provides anglers quality trout fishing opportunities for rainbow and brown trout on several reaches of Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service lands. These reaches are available for bank and wade fishing only.
Special Regulations
Excepting from the BLM boundary below The Gate campground to the confluence with Cherry Creek:
1. Fishing is by artificial flies and lures only.
2. The bag and possession limit and minimum size for brown trout is two fish, 16 inches in length.
3. All rainbow trout must be returned to the water immediately upon catch.
From the BLM boundary below The Gate campground to the confluence with Cherry Creek:
1. The bag and possession limit for trout is two fish.
Be a Pain in the ANS!
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.