Colorado Ice Fishing – From Tournaments to Lake Trout

Video tips and tactics that will help you develop a plan to safely head out on the ice and fish for everything from bass to walleye.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife joins Nate Zalinsky from Tightline Outdoors to talk about ice fishing in Colorado. Learn basic ice fishing safety, current ice conditions, and tips that will have you catching fish through the ice this winter. Nate and Bryan cover the basics for novice ice anglers and share tips for advanced anglers who are targeting specific species – walleye, lake trout, bass and more.

Related Resources

Ready to plan your next Colorado angling adventure? 

Fishing app


Now you can visualize your trip and track your catches with CPW Fishing, the official fishing app of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. CPW Fishing can help you discover new fishing locations, learn new skills, stay on top of the latest regulations and journal your fishing experiences.​

Download the CPW Fishing App on Google Play.

Bryan Posthumus is the Statewide Hunter Outreach Coordinator for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Nate Zelinsky is a professional Walleye Angler and all species guide based in Colorado and has guided and tournament fished all across the country. Nate is on his 19th year as owner of Tightline Outdoors Colorado’s Premier outlet for multi-species guiding, tournaments, TV, Digital Content, TV, Radio, and Writing! Some of these experiences can be seen on In-Fisherman, Jarrett Edwards Outdoors, Denver’s 7News, 9News,  and WFN. You can also listen to Nate on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. on The Fan Outdoors with Terry Wickstrom. Nate’s daily goal is to educate anglers to create success every time they go on the water. More on Nate can be found at www.tightlineoutdoors.com

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Share:

✉ Follow for Updates

Subscribe to Colorado Outdoors Online by Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

More Posts

March 2026 commission meeting

Your Voice Matters: Commercial Fur Sales

In response to the Parks and Wildlife Commission’s (Commission) direction to initiate rulemaking on a citizen petition related to commercial fur sales, the Division is seeking public input to inform an issue paper (regulatory proposal) that will be presented to the Commission at their July 16-17, 2026 meeting. Public input will be accepted by the Division from April 7, 2026 through May 3, 2026.

Discover more from Colorado Outdoors Online

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading