Daigre and Wahatoya Lake, La Veta Colorado - Daigre and Wahatoya lakes are a short drive from La Veta and offer good fishing for stocked trout and potential tiger muskie. Species in Daigre and Wahatoya Lake: Brown Trout, Cutbow Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Longnose Sucker, Tiger Muskie
Daigre is yet another stocked catchable rainbow trout fishery. It suffers as a successful reproduction lake due to numbers of suckers in the environment. Tiger muskie have been stocked in Diagre, and time will tell if their predation on suckers will have a positive effect for the trout. Although most of the people fishing on Daigre (pronounced "Day-ger" for those of you like us that pronounce it with a Spanish flare) catch smaller stocked trout, there are a good number of holdover rainbows and browns that can exceed average size. In addition to this, you will find a good number of smallmouth inhabiting the lake.Largemouth bass were stocked in very small numbers in 2005, no word on what their status is at this point.
Wahatoya Lake is also a popular fishery for the folks visiting La Veta, and shares quite a bit of the same characteristics and makeup as Daigre. Expect catchable rainbows, some larger browns, some smallmouth and some tiger muskie.
No power-boating is allowed on either Daigre or Wahatoya to the south, only crafts powered by wind or hand. No camping or ice fishing is allowed at either lake. Fishing is by artificial flies and lures only.
Getting there: From LaVeta, go 1 mile E on Bear Ck Rd. 203 acres. Fees: Habitat Stamp required. Boating: Non Motorized Hand-Launch. Only crafts powered by wind or hand. Ice Fishing: Not allowed
