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Lake Fork Gunnison River

State Park in Gunnison and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado

Water Type:

River

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:

Stocked

Activities:

Fishing

Common Species:

Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

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Lake Fork Gunnison River

State Park in Gunnison and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado

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Water Type:

River

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:

Stocked

Activities:

Fishing

Common Species:

Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

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. 

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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.