Memorial Day Office Closure
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offices will be closed for the state holiday, Monday, May 25. To honor military members for their service CPW offers active duty military and veteran benefits to enjoy fishing, hunting and state parks.
Arctic char are dark-colored on the back, with light sides, becoming white on the belly. They are covered in red to yellow spots without a blue halo around them. They also lack worm-like vermiculations on the back (as in brook trout). They have a slightly forked tail, and the leading edges of the ventral fins are white.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife began stocking arctic char in Lake Dillon in the 1990s. After a 10-year break, agency biologists began stocking the slow-growing fish again between 2008-2015.
