Lake and Pond Fishing

Lake and Pond Fishing Areas

• Antonito, CO

  Located on US highway 285, 25 miles south west of Alamosa. Junction of State highway 17 is just south of Antonito.

• Bear Lake Trailhead - Trail # 721
• Duck Lake Trailhead - Trail # 732
• Kerr Lake Fishing Site
• Spectacle Lake Campground
• Blanca Peak Trailhead - Trail # 886
• Chama, NM

  Located on Highway 17, 10 miles south of the Colorado border.

• Trujillo Meadows Boating Site
• Trujillo Meadows Campground
• Creede, CO

   Located on Highway 149,  22 miles north west of South Fork &  48 miles south east of Lake City..

• Continental Reservoir Fishing Site
• Fern Creek Trail # 815
• Heart Lake Trail # 823
• Ivy Creek Trail # 805
• Lost Trail Campground
• Love Lake Picnic Site
• Mckenzie Trail #804
• North Clear Creek Campground
• Rio Grande Reservoir Boating Site
• Rito Hondo Reservoir Boating Site
• Road Canyon Boat Ramp
• Road Canyon Campground
• Road Canyon Dam Fishing Site
• Road Canyon Picnic Site
• Silver Thread Campground
• Spring Creek Reservoir Picnic Site
• Squaw Lake Trail #890
• Ute Creek Trail #819
• Ute Lake Trail # 905
• West Trout Trail #895
• West Ute Trail # 825
• Crestone, CO

  Crestone is 12 miles east of Highway 17. Turn east at the Town of Moffat.

• North Crestone Trail #744
• San Isabel Lake Trail # 857
• San Isabel Trail # 858
• South Crestone Lake Trail # 860
• Wild Cherry Creek Trail # 748
• Willow Lake Trail # 865
• Machin Basin Trail # 784
• Middle Fork Cutoff Trail # 888
• Middle Fork Trail #783
• La Jara, CO

  Located on US Highway 285, 14 miles south of Alamosa. Home of the Conejos Peak Ranger District.

• Platoro, CO

  Located on Forest Road 250 near the Platoro Reservoir.

• Mix Lake Campground
• Platoro Cabin 1
• Platoro Cabin 2
• Saguache, CO

  Saguache is 34 miles north of Monte Vista, junction of  highway 114 and highway 285. Home of the Saguache Ranger District.

• South Fork, CO

  Located at the junction of US Highway 160 and State Highway 149.

• Archuleta Trail # 839
• Beaver Creek Reservoir Boating Site
• Big Meadows Campground and Picnic Area
• Big Meadows Loop Trail
• Big Meadows Reservoir Boating Site
• Cross Creek Campground
• Elwood Cabin
• Hunter Lake Trailhead # 800
• Hunters Lake Trail # 800
• Lower Beaver Creek Campground
• Main Beaver Trail # 847
• Million Reservoir Fishing Site
• Park Creek Campground
• Pass Creek Lake Fishing Site
• Poage Lake Fishing Site
• Shaw Lake Boating Site
• Shaw Lake Loop Trail #837-846
• Spruce Lakes Trail #710
• Tucker Ponds Campground
• Tucker Ponds Fishing Site
• Tucker Ponds Picnic Site
• Upper Beaver Creek Campground
• Villa Grove, CO

  Located on highway 285, 19 miles north east of Saguache.

• Bonanza, CO

  Bonanza boomed between 1880and 1888. Silver, copper, lead and zinc were found and 1,500 mining claims came into existence,. Soon 37 building flourished along plank walks lining both sides of Kerber and Copper Creeks. The walks blended into the residential section, which grew up the hills and into the forest.

  As the price of silver fell Bonanza lost its importance. By 1890 there were only 100 residents but some of the mines stayed in operation. In 1937 a fire wiped out the town of Bonanza and not many structures were rebuilt.

  The remains of the Cocomongo Mill are still visible from Forest Road 862. Ore from the Bonanza Mine and Cocomongo Mine was pulverized, mixed into paste and placed in steam heated containers, Mercury and other compounds were added to the mixture to separate the gold and silver. During the mining and milling, heavy metals would seep into the nearby stream. Recently efforts have been made to restore water quality within the Bonanza Drainage.

  Otto Mears participated in the mining boom by constructing at least twelve wagon roads, one of which was the Otto Mears Toll Road. It runs between Shirley and Bonanza. A gate was placed at each end of the road and a fee of 10 cents was paid to travel the road. The road wound its way up through Bonanza, over the hill to Shirley, and on to Poncha pass. A narrow gauge railroad line in Shirley picked up ore.

• Brewery Creek Guard Station Cabin