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The list below identifies where catchable trout (approximately 10") were recently stocked. Note: The stocking report is updated every Friday during the fishing season and lists waters that were scheduled to be stocked throughout the previous week. The date listed next to the waters is representative of when the water was added to the report.
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CPW hatcheries stock over 2.5 million 10" rainbows (called "Catchables") into public lakes and rivers each year. Kokanee salmon- Kokanee are the land-locked form of sockeye salmon that live in reservoirs throughout the higher elevations.
The ko-kanee catch in the 2020 and 2021 surveys does not lead us to believe that another record-setting egg take will occur in 2022 or 2023. Figure 6. Size distribution of kokanee captured in spring gillnet surveys, Wolford Mountain Reservoir 2018-2021. Figure 5. A 29”, 13-pound Rainbow Trout captured in 2021.
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CDOW FISH DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE. Year = 2019. Acres/ AWM Sr. Number Fish Stk. Control Water Water name Miles area Co. Bio. Species approved Size Unit Method Stock dates code 4595 65993 Cottonwood Lake #2 12.760 8 07 MES martinl HXN 1000 4" RIF T 6:1 A 9611 66008 Cottonwood Lake #4 37.692 1 07 MES martinl RBT 3150 10" RIF T 6:3, 7:2 A 4499 66010 ...
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Here is a short list of the fish that are most commonly stocked in Colorado: Rainbow Trout – Rainbows can be found in most mountain lakes and streams, as well as many plains reservoirs. Saugeye – This hybrid of walleye and sauger has been stocked into reservoirs throughout the eastern plains of Colorado since the 1980s.
From 2014 to 2019, CPW stocked 80,000 to 100,000 Gunnison River rainbows every year, primarily in the Gunnison and Arkansas rivers. But now that the fish CPW initially brought in to create its brood stock are reaching reproductive maturity, those
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