COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE

 

You may also like to visit the Colorado Fishing Atlas​, the latest interactive mapping tool offered by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. It allows users to search for fishing opportunities by species, specific interest or proximity to your home or destination. Use the simple map interface to locate and view recommended opportunities for handicap accessible fishing access, stocked waters, boat ramps, special fishing regulations, stream gages (including links to real time data), sales agents and Gold Medal waters is included on top of Bing™ street maps, USGS topographic maps or high resolution color aerial photography.  

Special fishing regulations are designed to maintain the long-term welfare of state fishing waters, thereby providing more successful opportunities for anglers. Special regulations can include different bag limits, size limits and harvest restrictions than are in place in the rest of the state.  

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ATTENTION:  These maps are not a complete list of special regulations. Please refer to the current Colorado Fishing and State Recreational Lands​ brochures for complete fishing rules and regulations. 

 

Click a map name below to download a color PDF map of special regulations for that area. 

​​​​ ​NORTHEAST  REGION
M​ap​	Area
South Platte River	Cheeseman Reservoir  to Chatfield Reservoir
South Platte River​	In South Park

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​​ ​SOUTHEAST  REGION
Map	Area
Upper Arkansas  River basin ​	Near Leadville and Granite

​​​​ ​NORTHWEST  REGION
Ma​​p	Area
Blue River basin	Near Kremmling, Vail and Breckenridge
Middle Colorado & Eagle rivers	From Glenwood Springs to Radium to Vail
Middle Colorado & Roaring Fork rivers​	From Rifle to Dotsero and Aspen
Upper Colorado River	From headwaters to Radium
Poudre River drainage	North of Red Feather Lakes to Laporte and west to Joe Wright Reservoir
Lower White River	From Meeker to Utah state line
Upper White River	From headwaters at Trappers Lake to Meeker
Yampa River basin	From headwaters to Steamboat Springs to Craig

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SOUTHWEST  REGION
Map	Area
Alamosa & Conejos river drainages	From Jasper south to Cumbres and Osier
Lower Colorado River & Grand Mesa	From Utah state line east to Silt and south to Kannah
​Lower Gunnison Basin	​Blue Mesa Reservoir to Delta
​Upper Gunnison Basin​​	​Taylor Park Reservoir to Blue Mesa Reservoir
Upper Rio Grande River basin​	From Creede to Del Norte and La Garita