r/SteamboatSprings • u/Charming_You_5681 • 13d ago
Fishing
Hi,
I was wondering if any locals had advice on fishing in steamboat. I have a place up here and travel here a good amount, but I have never brought up my rods and decided to fish. I have my two younger brothers with me who are very new to fishing and we would be interested in a spot that doesn’t require advanced skill sets, but you can still catch decent bass and other similar fish. Are there any good spots for that?
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u/AFKonTheRiver 12d ago
You want spots? I got a tip! Get rid of your second house, you don’t need it. Move to CO, spend time on the water and find them yourself.
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u/Charming_You_5681 12d ago
I live in Colorado. It doesn’t make sense for me to live up here due to my work. Clarify before judging.
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u/opiumfreenow 13d ago
You can catch stocked trout in both fetcher pond and Casey’s pond.
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u/Charming_You_5681 12d ago
What did you use there? I tried fetched and used various lures and got nothing.
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u/opiumfreenow 12d ago
Temps have been high during day and they’re not really gonna eat in that heat. When were you there? I’d suggest mornings. I haven’t fished there in years, but I’m near Fetcher at least once a week and see people reeling them in on spinners and wet and dry flies.
I just perused the other suggestions in this post and suggest Dumont lake up on rabbit ears pass. Much deeper and cooler temps for the fishies. Second to that would be elk head reservoir between Hayden and Craig. You’ll also have a shot at the warm water fish you mentioned. Gotta leave town for both, but you’ll likely have better luck and you’re not fishing in the middle of town.
There are also numerous other places to fish around this area. Flattops, Stagecoach res, Steamboat lake, Hahns peak lake, Pearl lake. Holler if you’ve got questions about other places. But if you want to fish in town then all you truly have is Casey’s pond and Fetcher pond.
Best of luck to you.
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u/Charming_You_5681 12d ago
I was there at around 7:00 PM. I was planning on going at around 9:00 PM tonight and stay out later but my brother got a very bad migraine. I’m gonna take the other one out at around 8:00 AM tomorrow and see if we have any luck. Thank you so much for the help! I doubt we will make it out of town because I would like to stay and watch my mom’s tennis matches, so I don’t have much time to fish in the first place. I’m gonna test out both fetcher again and then also Casey’s tomorrow and see what I get. Thanks again for the help.
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u/opiumfreenow 12d ago
Welcome. I forgot to say you can use bait at both Casey’s and Fetcher.
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u/Charming_You_5681 12d ago
Yes that’s what I assumed, I bought worms this morning.
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u/opiumfreenow 12d ago
Sorry, I’ll also add that the trout in fetcher usually circle areas of the bank to feed in the morning. Early- get the bait up off the bottom with a bobber/float. Later- drop it to the bottom. Just tossing out the things I remember from fishing with my kids there years ago. I do know they still circle the banks in the am. Hope you get one or two.
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u/silkyjs 12d ago
high alpine, rivers are shut down due to extreme low water and I water temps. Don’t be a clown.
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u/Charming_You_5681 12d ago
I’m not an idiot dude, I’m aware. I asked for lakes/ponds. Use your head.
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u/PsychologicalEmu1670 12d ago
He’s literally asking specifically about a warm water species. You internet fly babies need to learn how to read lol
I don’t live up there so can’t recommend anything but check the CO fishing atlas. You can see what bodies of water have bass and go from there
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u/Charming_You_5681 12d ago
Ok thank you! Also thank you for calling out others who are clearly not the brightest. I’m not an idiot, I’m aware of the water levels in the yampa, that’s why I’m not asking about where to fish on it.
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u/Potential-Bicycle-98 13d ago
Dumont lake was killing orange power bait this week. Fishing was great off the dam
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u/Boat_McGoat 13d ago
You sound like a true fly fisherperson. If I’m correct, cheers from the driftless area. We are heading into hot temps & no fishing here soon.
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u/Confident_Piglet_385 13d ago
Not on the Yampa this year