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Monument Reservoir

State Park in Las Animas County, Colorado

Water Type:

Lake

Conditions:

Anglers can expect good to excellent fishing for most trout species stocked in Colorado including tiger trout, splake, kokanee salmon, rainbow, and brown trout. These reservoirs [North and Monument] provide a unique opportunity to fish a “trout-only” lake on the east slope of the divide.

Stocking Report:

Stocked

Activities:

Fishing, Ice Fishing

Common Species:

Tiger Trout, Splake, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Kokanee Salmon

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Monument Reservoir

State Park in Las Animas County, Colorado

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Water Type:

Lake

Conditions:

Anglers can expect good to excellent fishing for most trout species stocked in Colorado including tiger trout, splake, kokanee salmon, rainbow, and brown trout. These reservoirs [North and Monument] provide a unique opportunity to fish a “trout-only” lake on the east slope of the divide.

Stocking Report:

Stocked

Activities:

Fishing, Ice Fishing

Common Species:

Tiger Trout, Splake, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Kokanee Salmon

Body of Water

Description

Unique opportunities exist here as most other water bodies are both cold- and warm-water fisheries. Both of these lakes also provide great ice-fishing opportunities. 

For more information, check out the City of Trinidad - Monument Lake Resort.

Special Regulations

1. Snagging of kokanee salmon is permitted from October 1 through December 31. 

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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.