Brush Hollow Reservoir, Penrose Colorado - Brush Hollow Reservoir SWA offers anglers an opportunities to pursue black bass, crappie, walleye, catfish, and sunfish in addition to regularly stocked rainbow trout.
Brush Hollow reservoir near Penrose offers a variety of both warm and coldwater species. Largemouth bass, crappies, bluegill, sunfish, channel catfish, yellow perch and walleye populations are all healthy and well fed by the primary forage base of gizzard shad. Rainbow trout are stocked as well. The water level at Brush Hollow drops rapidly beginning in early June so take advantage of this reservoir early in the spring.
Testing conducted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment revealed mercury levels in certain sizes of walleye exceeded human health based standards. Please see the fish consumption advisory posted at the reservoir or refer to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment website -
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/FishCon/index.html - for more details.
2010 CDOW Fishing Forecast
The water level is good right now, but this reservoir is drawn down for irrigation by early June so don't hesitate to take advantage of fishing opportunities this spring. Early spring action is generally focused on catchable trout as well as crappie. Last spring saw some good crappie action especially during late April and early May. Fishing should be fair to good for most species, such as bluegill, sunfish, channel catfish, and yellow perch. We would expect to see some fine walleye and largemouth bass fishing as these populations look very strong as supported by sampling efforts, especially, with regards to the walleye.
Fishing for trout is good in the early spring, and the warmwater fishing should improve as water temperatures increase in late April. For anglers targeting catfish, success is generally better from late June to late Sept. Overall, the fishing is expected to good to very good early, prior to the spawning of the primary forage, gizzard shad. Testing conducted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment revealed mercury levels in certain sizes of walleye exceeded human health based standards. Please see the fish consumption advisory posted at the reservoir or refer to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment website at http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/fishcon for more details
Getting there: From US 50 at Penrose, go 2 miles north on Highway 115 to County Road 123, then 1 3/4 miles west (left) to the access road on the right, and then go 2 miles north (right) to the property. Fees: Habitat Stamp Required Boating: Wakeless. Boating is prohibited in a manner that creates a white water wake.
7/6/2010 - Brush Hollow Reservoir - Brush Hollow- The water level is good. Fishing for bass is beginning to pick up. Trout fishing is good, with a few crappie reported being caught on the North end. The walleye are beginning to take various baits Catfishing at night has been good.
Conditions History
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