How's the bite in Colorado today?

9waters tracked

52.7average °F

1at 7 or better

1without a gauge

Lockjaw
Picky
Biting
On fire

9 tracked waters in CO. Faded dots are the rest of the country. 1 outside the map area.

Index	Water	Temp	Level	Best window
7 Biting	Eagle River river reports	52.7°F	2.91 ft	3:09 AM–5:09 AM
5 Picky	Blue Mesa Reservoir lake reports	—	7414.68 ft	3:12 AM–5:12 AM
5 Picky	Clear Creek river reports	—	3.57 ft	3:04 AM–5:04 AM
5 Picky	Deckers river reports	—	3.41 ft	3:04 AM–5:04 AM
5 Picky	Grand Lake lake reports	—	8366.64 ft	3:06 AM–5:06 AM
5 Picky	Horsetooth Reservoir lake reports	—	5408.72 ft	3:04 AM–5:04 AM
5 Picky	Lake Granby lake reports	—	8238.96 ft	3:07 AM–5:07 AM
5 Picky	Pueblo Reservoir lake reports	—	4858.63 ft	3:02 AM–5:02 AM
4 Picky	Dream Stream river reports · no live gauge	—	—	3:05 AM–5:05 AM

Rebuilt 6:57 AM · every reading carries its station on the water's own page.

Before you go

A Colorado fishing licence runs $44.87 a year for residents. CPW sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Colorado fishing licence costs, and who is exempt → The days you can fish Colorado without a licence →

What you may keep

CPW sets a size or bag limit for 11 species here — 11 with at least one area open today. Where a species is open in one water and closed in another, its own page says which. Each page carries the agency's own figures, the date they were read, and what is still unsettled.

Check a length against the rules →

Can you eat what you catch?

That call belongs to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) — a baseline mercury guidance covers every water, with added PFOS advisories at Barr Lake, Runyon Lake and Chatfield Reservoir. We link the source instead of paraphrasing health advice.

CDPHE consumption advisories →