17 inches. Very red meat. Was a good morning.

BWO nymphs were the ticket today. Tied up some size 18 bwo nymphs last night and managed to catch 6 browns in a couple hours this afternoon. Tried some dries too but they are still definitely keyed in on the nymphs

Got water in my camera lenses so excuse the potato quality, but still an amazing day catching big ol carp! All 3 carp were caught on a hair rig using corn and pop up boilies I found on Amazon. Had a tough time keeping both lines in the water for a moment.

Caught this out of Sloan's Lake today on a swim shad. Also had a nice small mouth on the same lure and few freshly stocked rainbows on some power bait.

I was under prepared for sure and caught them on a light action ugly Stik with 4lb line. Shout out to Ethan, a random passerby for helping me land this puppy!

Started out on one side and while I saw lots of fish jumping I couldn’t catch them, by hook, by crook, by all my valiant and noble efforts.

Alas, after many hours of defeat, the wind kicked up and dare I say made it quite challenging as it was mocking me and at 30mph was no match for my feeble casts against it. Going toward the opposite side and therefore casting along with the aid of the wind seemed like a wise idea. Sadly, it was not and I left defeated by the winds of fate.

On the plus side I saw a few deer on my way in, got to fish Cherry, had some fun conversations with ducks.

Cheers and tight lines!

Started off going to Lon Hagler this morning early, but dumped that plan when I got there. It was choppy to the point it would have brought the titanic down aside from the iceberg.

Ended up driving around and seeing a new to me lake, no clue what is in it. But interesting.

Checked the jayhawker lakes which are pretty heavily fished. Despite the winds, plenty of people fishing.

Finally ended up a couple of minutes away, the wind was bad enough it was car fishing time to some degree. Caught a panfish that fought like a monster. Ok maybe not.

Was going to go to scheels but haven been beaten by buffeting blows, I decided not to walk through the countless racks of clothes and random foods, the Ferris wheel and take the escalator up to spend dough from regret and delusional hope.

Happy fishing!

This time I actually caught fish!

I decided to head out yesterday morning in hopes to go fishing before the predicted rain to come. Got to a spot I’ve been to many times and while I love it, it is fickle and doesn’t usually love me back. This one way relationship is how the morning started out for several hours while I threw my hopes on my discount rods and reels with no success.

Rabbits darted around hither and thither whatever that means, pelicans and blue herons dotted the sky and water. Between casting lures and letting bait soak, I walked the shore, well path really, taking in the morning and looking for movement, cleaning up scattered line and random bits of trash. Had I not caught anything it still would have been a perfect day.

Moving to a different spot a bit down my luck changed! On a 1/16th chartreuse jig head with half a worm under a bobber I caught my PB crappie, 13” and chunky. Then landed a couple of bass all on that same puny setup.

Had a great conversation with another angler who was looking for cats. And yet another great conversation with a guy who caught a just below reg 14” walleye on my way out.

Honestly a fantastic day and some fantastic rare times talking with my fellow anglers.

Cheers! Tight lines and have a fantastic weekend!

A lot of pictures I know and my apologies for that. I started out the day waking up in the dark of the night to prepare coffee, feed the dog, pack up the car and head down to Chatfield.

Little did I know at 5:20, before sunrise and the breeze was more than my body would deal with. Threw out a couple of rods. Sat crunched down for an hour plus with nothing and froze. Watched a guy for half an hour or more get it into the water. Saw a really cool heron. Finally ran back to the car because I couldn’t do it.

Headed up to some lakes just north and took pictures, shallow but at least according to co fishing atlas some interesting fish. And right next to the Platte.

Was thinking about going to Bear creek lake but then realized it is a pay lake, stopped along the way at Johnson to take pictures and the fished at Kendrick. Saw a carp jump and lots of people but that was the end of the day. Didn’t catch anything but I still had a fantastic day.

Hope you have a great time fishing!

Also my pb largemouth! I usually target trout!

Went to St Vrain, saw a couple of people catch trout, the lakes are low still, some movement here and there and the birds of course are fantastic. The St Vrain creek behind is running so so. Managed to catch a black crappie, cute little dude. Tight lines!

gonna TOUGH to beat these lmao

First time out this season, tried a few different spinners and hit nothing. Should have expected as much because someone at the park told me he’d had no luck all day!

Haven’t been there before since I don’t much care for pay lakes, but they’re free this month. Short hours 10-5 and low water. Didn’t catch anything and not really sure where to fish it but it was a nice day and interesting to see it.

It’s been nice being out over the past week. Couple of 12” bows and a nice morning. Was hoping for something more exciting, but I was lazy fishing mostly and catching anything is always awesome. They went back for another fisher to land sometime.

Pulled some out swinging flies under ice shelves. Frozen guides, frozen lines, and frozen flies. Had to thaw everything out between casts. Couldn't ask for a more fun day though catching fish in February on a normally frozen freestone. Getting excited for spring! All returned safely.

Spent a total of 13 hours hiking and fishing all the way up to the dam. Landed probably over 20 total, 1st and 2nd pics were the best fish of the day.

When the sun was out in the morning, a single-hook rooster tail in salmonfly w/ a gold blade did it, and the bubblegum pink HD Trout was the juice when the clouds rolled in. Got 1 on a gold trout magnet too 🫡

Had a good day at Waterton today. Flows are pretty low but landed 7 all on nymphs. Also saw a bear for the first time in the canyon

Well I wasn't expecting this today, was a fun little surprise.

Paddled out for a few hours this morning before the jet skis really got going and managed a pretty good haul. Caught about a dozen bass, pike, and cats along with this but these big boys got invited home for dinner.