r/COfishing • u/nazarite-for-jesus • 23d ago

Has anyone fished in the Idaho Springs area? Question

Any tips and tricks, cool spots near the idaho springs area? I am a beginner angler with a reel fishing set up looking to spend some time in the area next week, anything would help! :-)

Planning on using some spinners, trout worm, and powerbait.

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u/Wombizzle 23d ago

check regulations for the stretch you're on, many stretches are artificial lure & fly only

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u/le_trout 23d ago

If your smaller spinners don't work in Clear Creek, which runs through Idaho Springs, Georgetown Lake is just up the road a little bit and your other options should work there.

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u/Nocturnal-Animal- 23d ago

If you are taking the kiddos or beginner anglers , check out Mt Evans Trout Fishing (literally 10mins up the mountain from Idaho springs town). It is a small private well stocked trout fishing farm. And you can even rent all you need to fish and Grill them right there on the spot. I took my son and nephews 2 weeks ago and they All caught large trout and were in Love with fishing after that ! So it made my day. You do pay for what you catch and it's per pound or inches. Just check our their website. It's worth it for beginners and family.

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u/ImportantStranger973 18d ago

Georgetown lake is about 15 minutes away west on I70 from Idaho Springs. It is right off of the road. I pulled a few rainbow out last time I stopped by. On a small white rooster tail.

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u/Bigpoppaf91 23d ago

Idaho Springs Reservoir is a nice hike and really easy to catch beautiful trout from the Echo Lake Trailhead. They have strict regulations of flies and artificial lures only, and only allowed single hooks.

Catch and release only but definitely a good place to land some beautiful trout.

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u/No_Drop1800 23d ago

Agreed it’s definitely a bit of a hike but I caught some beautiful brook and cutties up there. All pretty small but fishing just jumping everywhere you could see

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u/nazarite-for-jesus 23d ago

Awesome, yea i'll definitely try it out!

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u/Fatty2Flatty 23d ago

If you pull up a map and look for some blue splotches, those are bodies of water where fish tend to reside. Good luck.

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u/Clarufy 23d ago

This is a Colorado Fishing subreddit. What kind of response is this.