Colorado River Spring Runoff: Browns and Rainbows Biting at Dawn

0:00Welcome to this original series from Quiet Please Podcast Networks. Search Quiet Please wherever you listen. Subscribe, like and share. Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure. You'll go to Guy for all things fishing on the Colorado River here in Colorado. Coming up to live from the banks on April 27, 2026 at 3am Mountain Time. Perfect for that pre-dawn bite. No tides to worry about up here in the Rockies. But water levels are steady around 3,500 CFS at the Dotsero Gage per USGS reports, making for good weighting in the shallows. Weather's crisp this morning expect highs near 55 degrees Fahrenheit, lows in the 30s, partly cloudy with light northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. According to NOAA forecasts, Sunrise at 6.15am, Sunset 750pm,

1:02hit the water early for the best action as fish wake up. Fish activities picking up with spring runoff starting. Recent reports from Colorado Parks and Wildlife show solid catches last week, 15 to 20 inch brown trout hammering nymphs, rain bulls up to 18 inches on streamers, and a few chunky cutthroats in the 2 to 4 pounds range. Anglers pulled in about 10 to 15 fish per outing near Glenwood Springs, with some small mouthbass showing in warmer pockets below the dams. Best lures right now, go with woollybuggers in olive or black, size 8 to 10, stripped slow. Feasant tail nymphs dropped under a strike indicator for the trout feast. Live bait, night crawlers or salmon eggs on a number 12 hook, can't beat in for picky browns. Pot spots, try the riffles below Glenwood Canyon for aggressive rainbows, or the deep pools at two rivers park near Glenwood Springs where big browns look,

2:06wear your waders, watch for flows, and check regs, bag limits for trout. Thanks for tuning in, y'all, subscribe for more reports. This has been a quiet please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai Quietplease.ai, hear what matters.