Taylor Park Reservoir, CO Fishing Report

Colorado Ice Fishing Report: Ice Fishing is HOT!!! Ice fishing is here and the bites have been good to excellent for rainbow trout, brown trout, northern pike, kokanee salmon, and lake trout on Antero, Eleven Mile, Taylor, and Blue Mesa reservoirs! For the duration of ice fishing season, please follow our periodic reports @ Colorado Ice Fishing Reports and also check out our Facebook Page for live, on the water Colorado ice fishing conditions and reports!

Marina closed on Sept 30… see you next spring!

The gang at Taylor Park Marina says the fishing is great. Here's what they sent us this week: "Trolling with pop-gear and nightcrawlers is working for both rainbows and lake trout.  The lakers are deeper, but if using weight or downriggers you can find them in around 70 feet of water. The rainbows are shallower and most are trolling along the west bank of the lake. Pike have slowed down a bit. There are some 40-inch pike down around Texas Point, but nobody has been able to bag one."

This is a 2,000 acre reservoir located northeast of Gunnison. It freezes early and as of mid February has about 20 to 30 inches of ice. Anglers can expect to catch lake trout and rainbow trout. During the winter, the road is plowed to the Taylor Park Trading Post. The road to the Taylor Park Marina from the Taylor River Road (FR 742) is no longer maintained through the winter. It is advised that ice fishermen plan to access the reservoir by snowmobile, snowshoes or skis as snow depths otherwise make access difficult. For updated ice conditions, contact the Taylor Park Trading Post at (970) 641-2555 or the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Gunnison office (970-641-7060).

It freezes early and as of mid January has about 18 inches of ice. Anglers can expect to catch lake trout and rainbow trout. During the winter, the road is plowed to the Taylor Park Trading Post. The road to the Taylor Park Marina from the Taylor River Road (FR 742) is no longer maintained through the winter. It is advised that ice fishermen plan to access the reservoir by snowmobile, snowshoes or skis as snow depths otherwise make access difficult. For updated ice conditions, contact the Taylor Park Trading Post at (970) 641-2555 or the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Gunnison office (970-641-7060).