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February 5, 2011 Colorado Ice Fishing Report: Warm winter, but still lots of good ice fishing!

Despite one of the warmest winters I can remember, we still have lots of safe ice on Antero, 11 Mile, and Blue Mesa reservoirs! Fishing has been good for rainbow trout, cutbows, and cutthroat trout on Antero and 11 mile, while Blue Mesa has been yielding good fishing for mackinaw lake trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and the occasional salmon. Here are some pictures from recent trips as well as a few from a recent Florida trip!

January 17, 2012 Colorado Ice Fishing Report: Ice fishing has been good most days!

This has been a weird winter so far with unseasonable warm temperatures, but we still have plenty of safe ice to fish. Blue Mesa is frozen with 6-14 inches of ice from the Lake City Bridge to the mouth of the Narrows just before the Bay of Chickens. Fishing has been excellent for rainbows from 10-18", good for browns and lake trout, and some days the kokanee are even being aggressive! Antero has 8-14" of safe ice across the lake and fishing has been a little tougher as of late. Heavy fishing pressure and the full moon threw these fish into a funk where it was tough to get more than a few bites each day. Fishing has improved and there have been a few reports of 7-8lbs fish being caught. Eleven Mile has been great most days so far this year. The full moon changed the pattern up, but good fishing could still be found throughout the day. There have been many of reports of 4-6 lbs fish being caught and a few reports of fish close to 10lbs being caught or tangled with! We fished Taylor about a month ago and had great action in the first ten minutes of the day and the last ten minutes of the day! Slow fishing filled the gaps between these two times, but we ended up with two nice fish and our fishing addiction temporarily filled! The lake trout pictured below came in and slammed my jig in the first ten minutes of the day! I fought him up to the hole and my line snapped! As my line curled up on the water in my hole, I grabbed it and hand fought this fish the rest of the way in. Lucky, yesâ€¦but I'll take it! Now that we have moved away from the full moon, fishing should continue to improve on all of these bodies of water. February is filling up quickly so if you are interested in booking a guided ice fishing trip, please call soon to ensure you get your ideal date!

December 27, 2011 Colorado Ice Fishing Report: Ice fishing action is hot!

Life has been busy with the holidays, but we have been doing plenty of ice fishing as well! Antero is pumping out good numbers of fish, 11 mile is producing some good size and Blue Mesa now has safe ice up to Elk Creek! The fishing has been hot at all locations so make sure you take advantage of these hot bites!

December 9, 2011 Colorado Ice Fishing Report: The Ice is Here!!!!

The recent cold front has put safe ice on a lot of the bodies of water we fish!!! We are going to try to keep this site updated with the latest ice fishing report, but you can find more ice fishing information and reports here: Colorado Ice Fishing Reports. Antero has the thickest ice, 11 mile has areas of safe ice, and Blue Mesa has safe ice on the inlet at the lake city bridge! Ice fishing is goooood at all three locations!!! If you are interested in an ice fishing trip, please call soon because our dates are filling up quickly! Be safe out there! Here are some pictures from yesterday!

Captains’ Log We love fishing Blue Mesa Reservoir and do it with a passion to catch more and bigger fish and give clients a memorable guided fishing experience on every trip. Here at Blue Mesa Fishing we do many kinds of guided fishing trips from Lake Trout fishing during ice out in the spring, to kokanee salmon trolling in the summer and jigging in the fall. After the kokanee salmon leave the lake, we focus on fly fishing the secluded waters of the Lake Fork arm of the Gunnison River and Cebolla Creek. We also offer guided ice fishing trips from Blue Mesa Reservoir to Rifle Gap State Park in Western Colorado. Here at Blue Mesa Fishing, we try to catch throughout the entire year and offer a variety of ways to do it. If you’re interested in a trip, look through any of our packages, or just read through our site to learn how you can catch more and bigger fish in Colorado. Thanks again for checking us out and visit our three new sites found at the bottom of each page! Fish On

2011 Colorado Fishing Report for Blue Mesa Reservoir

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