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Rainbow Trout
The rainbow trout is the most abundantly stocked fish in the state. It is found in almost all the lakes we cover here on the website. Not native to Colorado as most assume, rainbow trout are a West ...

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Douglas Reservoir
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East Delaney
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Eleven Mile Reservoir
Elkhead Reservoir
Estes Lake
Evergreen Lake
Flatiron Reservoir
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Granby Lake
Grand Lake
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Hohnholz Lake #2
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Jim Baker Reservoir
Joe Wright Lake
Jumbo Reservoir (Julesburg)
Lake John
Lon Hagler Reservoir
Loveland Lake
Mack Mesa Lake
Martin Lake
Marys Lake
McPhee Reservoir
Monument Lake (El Paso County)
Mount Elbert Forebay
Navajo Reservoir
North Delaney
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North Sterling Reservoir
Paonia Reservoir
Parvin Lake
Pinewood Reservoir
Prewitt Reservoir
Pueblo Reservoir
Quincy Reservoir
Rampart Reservoir
Ridgway Reservoir
Rifle Gap Reservoir
Ruedi Reservoir
Seaman Reservoir
Seymour Lake
Skaguay Reservoir
Smith Lake (Lar. Cty.)
Smith Reservoir (Costilla Cty)
South Delaney
Spinney Mountain Reservoir
St. Vrain State Park (Barbour Ponds)
Stagecoach Reservoir
Stalker Lake
Standley Lake
Steamboat Lake
Tarryall Reservoir
Taylor Park Reservoir
Trinidad Lake
Turquoise Lake
Twin Lakes
Union Reservoir
Vallecito Reservoir
Vega Reservoir
Watson Lake
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Williams Creek Reservoir
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Windsor Lake
Wolford Mountain Reservoir
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Rainbow Trout
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The rainbow trout is the most abundantly stocked fish in the state. It is found in almost all the lakes we cover here on the website. Not native to Colorado as most assume, rainbow trout are a West Coast species first introduced to Colorado in 1882 as a sport fish.

Qualifying length for a Colorado Master Angler Award for Rainbow Trout is 24 inches.
Colorado Released Fish Record for Rainbow Trout is 40.3"
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From the Colorado DOW:
These fish were introduced in the 1880s and have become both the angler’s favorite and the mainstay of Colorado’s hatchery system (millions of catchable and subcatchable sized fish are stocked annually). Rainbows can be found in most mountain lakes and streams, as well as many plains reservoirs. Physical characteristics that can help distinguish rainbow trout include dark spots on a light body, continuous spotting throughout the body, and often a “rainbow” horizontal reddish stripe. Rainbow trout may be caught with a variety of flies, baits and lures.
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