Waters · Rivers · CO · Tue, Sep 15
Dream Stream fishing report today Picky — save your energy for the evening.
Work for it.
Built from solunar, pressure, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
Today's bite windows
Sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:10 PM · tomorrow's first major 3:54 AM–5:54 AM · windows on every water
Conditions right now
What this means
The week ahead
| Wed | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | 7 | Biting | |
| Fri | 7 | Biting | |
| Sat | 7 | Biting | |
| Sun | 6 | Biting | |
| Mon | 6 | Biting | |
| Tue | 5 | Picky |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A Colorado fishing license covers this water — $44.87 a year for residents. CPW sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 5 Picky Deckers CO · 45 km
- 5 Picky Clear Creek CO · 92 km
- 7 Biting Eagle River CO · 96 km
- 5 Picky Flaming Gorge Reservoir UT · 407 km
- 3 Lockjaw Grand Isle LA · 1794 km
Questions people ask about Dream Stream
Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Dream Stream.
- Is it worth fishing Dream Stream today?
- 4 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 3:05 AM–5:05 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend.
- What time should you fish Dream Stream?
- Today's major windows run 3:05 AM–5:05 AM and 3:29 PM–5:29 PM, with minor windows at 11:08 AM–12:08 PM and 8:45 PM–9:45 PM. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 7:10 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Dream Stream?
- No gauge on Dream Stream measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Dream Stream?
- That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where a baseline mercury guidance covers every water, with added PFOS advisories at Barr Lake, Runyon Lake and Chatfield Reservoir. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.
- Do you need a licence to fish Dream Stream?
- Yes. A Colorado fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. CPW sets the rules and is the one that counts.
- What size fish can you keep in Colorado?
- It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: trout, arctic char, grayling and mountain whitefish, kokanee salmon, walleye, saugeye and sauger, largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.
Trout, Arctic char, grayling and mountain whitefish limits · Kokanee salmon limits · Walleye, saugeye and sauger limits · Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass limits · Check a length against the rules
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 6:58 AM
- NOAA K4BM Wilkerson Pass 5:35 AM
- NOAA BOU gridded forecast 3:39 AM
The stretch between Spinney Mountain and Elevenmile has no active gauge — the station at the lower end is historical. This report runs on weather and solunar data.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.