
Colorado River March Report: Low Flows, Hot Bites, and Spring Awakening
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No tides up here in the Rockies, but fish are wakin' up post-winter. Recent catches from CPW reports show rainbows and browns hittin' steady—folks pullin' limits of 17-19 inchers on PowerBait, especially chartreuse or garlic-scented, and Kastmasters in green/yellow/orange. Worms and nightcrawlers with marshmallows are bankin' trout near ramps, while fly guys score on Woolly Buggers and leach patterns. Smallmouth bass are active in riffles too; Wired2Fish says drop-shot Flat Worms, Ned rigs with Z-Man Finesse TRD, or 3.5-inch Coffee Tubes on 1/8-oz jigheads are killin' it in rivers like this. Live bait? Mealworms or Gulp! Pink Maggots for finesse.
Action's good to very good now that ice is off nearby waters like 11 Mile—trout pushin' shallow, 20 feet or less. Hit the hot spots: try the riffles below Glenwood Springs for smallies and 'bows, or the tailwater stretches near Grand Junction where flows stabilize and fish stack up. Pack light—spinnin' rod with 4-6 lb line—and work the edges slow.
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your Colorado River fishing report from March 6th. Morning broke. Crispin dry here in Western Colorado with temps hovering around 35 degrees Fahrenheit at dawn. Climb into the low 50s by afternoon under partly cloudy skies. No rain in sight, but that tri-winter has got flows low about 300 the 400 CFS and the upper stretches per recent CPW stream gauges. Summerize was at 6.45 a.m. Sunset round 6.15 p.m. Giving you a solid 11.5 hours of light to chase him. No tides up here in the Rockies, but fish are waking up post-winter. Recent catches from CPW reports show rainbows and browns hitting steady. Folks pulling limits of 17 to 19 inches on power bait, especially chartreuse or garlic scented and cast masters in green, slash yellow, slash orange. Worms and night crawlers with marshmallows are banking trout near ramps while fly guys score on woolly buggers and leach patterns. Smallmouth bass are active in ripples too. Wire two fish says
drop shot flatworms, Ned rigs with Z-man finesse TRD or 3.5 inch coffee tubes on 180 thos jigheads are killing it in rivers like this. Live bait, Neil Lerms or Gulp, pink maggots for finesse, actions good to very good now that ice is off nearby waters like 11 mile, trout pushing shallow 20 feet or less, get the hot spots, try the ripples below glenwood springs for smallies and bows, or the tailwater stretches near grand junction where flows stabilize and fish stack up. Pack light, spin and rod with 4 to 6 pounds line and work the edges slow. Thanks for tuning in y'all, subscribe for more reports. This has been a quiet pleased production. For more, check out quietplease.ai. President Barack Obama. Virginia, we are counting on you. Republicans want to steal enough seats in congress to raid the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years, but you can stop them by voting yes by April 21st.
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