Durango & Southwest Colorado Fishing

KOKANEE SALMON FISHING AT LAKE NIGHTHORSE IN DURANGO, COLORADO.  There are a lot of little Kokanee in Lake Nighthorse.  By little I mean about 12-14 inches.  By a lot I mean hundreds of th...

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Ripples made by a gentle breeze blur the photographic reflections of bright yellow Aspen trees and make make my thingamabobber rock up and down in a slow but erratic motion. Yep. I'm using a bob...

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I miss doing this blog. My thinking was: the more I blab about fishing in our area, the more people would end up at my favorite spots. Our area is growing to the point where getting a little soli...

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I have to keep this gal on the front page right?  Reliving past glories.  This fish was caught on this day in 2012.  I caught it on a tiny little maribou bugger thing tied a guitar string end....

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Note, this entry was written at the end of July, but has been sitting, unpublished until now... It's always been a dilemma having this blog... The thing I like the most about my favorite sp...

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So much has happened in the last 30 days. We've got wheels again. Saving up for the right vehicle instead of just jumping into anything was a good idea. We've been making up for lost time fishing...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2014/07/summer-fishing.html

I've been recording an album and have not been out.  Still bike-bound so as you can imagine getting the boat to the lake is hard.  The animas is clearing up and I've seen some caddis activity....

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2014/06/hows-fishin-i-been-locked-in-studio.html

We have been carless for a while which isn't such a big deal when you've got a pair of avid bikers, but loading up the gear for a trip to the lake is pretty tough.  We hit Vallecito yesterda...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2014/04/on-road-again.html

It isn't that we haven't been fishing. We've been out on the ice quite a bit. The ice was thicker quicker this year, and we found ourselves out before the new year. If you follow our faceboo...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2014/02/slow-start.html

This is the easiest sushi dish you could ever make. I'd trust a half drunk hillbilly to make this as well as me in a heartbeat. You're gonna use cured Trout Roe... you already have some, righ...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/12/trout-roe-gunkan-maki.html

This is a quick, easy appetizer that will have your guests drooling. It brings out the bacony flavor of the smoked Trout and the prep work can be done in advance to make serving it simple and...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/12/smoked-trout-baby-potato-bites-appetizer.html

As I try recipes from far off lands and constantly look for new ways of eating a Trout, I sometimes have to fall back on old, and I mean OLD classics. Evidence of fish smoking dates back thou...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/11/cold-smoked-rainbow-trout.html

Because it's an easy way to measure your fish... After all, you know how long the kid is right? Boy we pulled in some hogs on Sunday at Vallecito. There were quite a few people out and it loo...

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In what has become a birthday tradition, Lisa decided that I needed yet another fishing lesson and took me to school. To be fair, I got first, and I got most... but those paltry little slimer...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/11/animas-river-fall-fishing-report.html

This is a fast, simple version of a fairly popular recipe. You'll just need a few items. I chose Spaghetti Squash because we've got a bunch of them, but you could serve this on top of just ab...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/11/pistachio-crusted-trout-fillets.html

I wrote a simple beginner's guide to ice fishing that I've made as a page instead of a blog post. If you or a friend are interested in ice fishing, the skinny is right here in this document! B...

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From now until February is my favorite time to be on the San Juan. The cold keeps the the crowds down (and it IS very cold) and the fishing is generally excellent. A nice morning stroll up the Sa...

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Well, I say one Trout, but there were certainly potatoes and other vegetables involved. I caught a lovely 20" Rainbow Trout yesterday and I want to show you how it's possible to make a mouth wate...

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It's hog season. We've been keeping the occasional 18-22" Rainbow from Vallecito during this flurry of large fish activity. We find that fish in this size group have lived in the lake long en...

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I have been taking home a net full of cans and other trash from the rip-rap at Vallecito, and I'd like to applaud you alkies out there, because I find a lot more pop cans and cans of various soft...

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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING It's been rough for a little while. We had so much moisture that the lake came up very drastically, so places where we stood in early September are now 20 feet below t...

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I hope you guys have been enjoying the little bursts of fall color and the lower temperatures. The fishing has been a bit weird lately, and I think that is due to the rapid change in water level ...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/10/cant-fish-for-elk.html

Well the "catchable" Rainbows are biting at Vallecito. I sort of don't understand why they keep it up with these fish. Let the Smallies, Pike, Walleye do their thing. Let the Browns do their thin...

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"Get the camera!" I yelled to Lisa, who was happily dealing with her own fish. My reel had stopped screaming for a second and I won back some line, cursing the 5x leader I somehow thought was a s...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-one-that-got-away.html

My buddy just hooked me up with a big ol' swimbait from Dynamic Lures so I plan to see how the Pike in the North end of the lake like it. I've done little Pike fishing in Vallecito, mainly just ...

https://durangofishing.blogspot.com/2013/08/vallecito-report.html