Reply by: moosegoose      Posted: 3/29/2012 7:00:13 PM     Points: 1848    

Put on a truck and sprinkled around the state! It was up to the district wildlife manager. Sure would be nice!

 Reply by: Springs Fisherman      Posted: 3/29/2012 7:11:56 PM     Points: 73    

Cool so i dont know a bunch of crazy people. Do you think there is a way to look it up? I didnt see anything on the DOW website

 Reply by: moosegoose      Posted: 3/29/2012 7:14:29 PM     Points: 1848    

Most likely will be unpublished. Until someone post a picture of a massive transplanted fish I would call it a rumor. But, for an urban fishery, most likely no one will post it saying where they got it from.

 Reply by: Springs Fisherman      Posted: 3/29/2012 7:21:48 PM     Points: 73    

Do you think an 8.2 lb walleye constitutes a "transplanted monster" or do you think its just a prospect miracle? Because a friend i know says he has a picture of him holding a fish that size from prospect that he caught a few days ago.

 Reply by: crappie-slayer      Posted: 4/2/2012 6:34:16 PM     Points: 55    

Actually they did transport fish there. Last fall. I was there.

 Reply by: NoNick      Posted: 4/3/2012 12:07:31 PM     Points: 31    

There was a VW Bug that was transplanted in Prospect many years ago..I think it was caught about 5 years ago, but there are no pics to verify this..

 Reply by: bigtime      Posted: 4/3/2012 1:15:46 PM     Points: 2    

here is an email from last fall.

We moved about 500 fish from Bonny to Prospect. The majority of those fish were crappie with a few smaller channel catfish, walleye and bluegill. I also moved about the same number and composition to Flagler reservoir.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me



Take Care





Gary Dowler

Aquatic Wildlife Manager III

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

4255 Sinton Road

Colorado Springs, CO 80907

 Reply by: Springs Fisherman      Posted: 4/3/2012 8:49:12 PM     Points: 73    

Thanks for the info. So they just put in more pan fish and eyes and bigger trout?

 Reply by: jerussell1980      Posted: 4/6/2012 8:48:38 PM     Points: 440    

When I took my Jon boat on Prospect last year, there were spots that marked 20ft... there is no doubt that good healthy 10lb plus walleye can be in there. A healthy trout and crappie population can fatten up some eyes real quick. In a healthy small body of water like that, that deep, they have ample opportunity to stay alive...

I did read an article about when they drained prospect lake several years ago, and the monster VW they found. Kind of a bummer, that would have been great structure to fish around...LoL

 Reply by: Filetmaster      Posted: 4/27/2012 3:31:53 PM     Points: 0    

If you look back in history on this lake. Whiteboyrick posted pics of numerous monster eyes he has caught out of prospect. With one reaching probably 25 inches and pushing 6 lbs if I were to guess. All from shore. There are some monster eyes in there now. Unfortunately bonny drained.