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Small Boats Are Big Fun For Anglers

Jerry L. Neal

A look at small fishing boats and accessories that can make your time on Colorado’s waters more productive and enjoyable.

Bass Blasters

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Brandon White shares four rigs you should be using when targeting big bass in Colorado.

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Leah McGill knows the first thing about fishing is rarely just about the fish

Cold Rain and First Casts

For anyone considering volunteering, whether they know how to fish or not, McGill is straightforward about what’s waiting on the other side.

Ryan Jones

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has begun aquatic nuisance species (ANS) sampling efforts on the Colorado River for 2026.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife resumes ANS sampling efforts in the Colorado River for 2026

Frequent samplings are part of CPW’s increased efforts following the discovery of zebra mussels in the river

Rachael Gonzales

Ray Chen is an avid fly fisherman who loves Euro nymphing, short for European nymphing, where the angler drifts weighted flies below the water’s surface without a strike indicator or dry fly to tell them if there’s a hit. Chen rediscovered his love of fishing after taking a fishing clinic from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, where he’s now a volunteer with the agency’s Angler Outreach program.

Finding the Time, When There’s Time

Volunteering with CPW’s Angler Outreach program fits into Ray Chen’s calendar with plenty of flexibility and fish!

Forrest Czarnecki

A humorous sign adorns the door of the Davis Ponds gear storage shed at Staunton State Park as Michael Hedgpeth, the lead of the park’s Angler Team prepares for a fishing clinic.

Retired But Not Tired, a Volunteer Finds Purpose on The Pond

For Michael Hedgpeth, sharing the magic of the outdoors takes a team — one that he leads

Forrest Czarnecki

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Colorado’s Quality Waters: Lake Granby

Lake Granby is the most prolific lake trout population in the state — they’re entirely self-sustaining through natural reproduction.

Ryan Jones

HatcHERy — the Women of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Fish Hatcheries: Megan Crawford

Meet Megan. A Hatchery Technician at Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery, she grew up in Colorado, always loved being outdoors. At Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery, somewhere between 100,000 and 250,000 two-inch cutthroat trout are stocked by plane every year, and Megan gets to be a part of that grand task!

Sarah Gump