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CPW: Lower Cataract Lake is an ideal location for fishing from a float tube or a canoe. Like many mountain lakes, scheduling your visit to be fishing during early morning or evening hours in the summer will provide the greatest chance of success. Most summer evenings see the lake come alive with rising trout, willing to take any reasonable offering such as a small parachute adams or a trolled ... Log infor additional details...
Getting there:
USFS: From I-70 take Exit 205, Silverthorne/Dillon, and travel north on HWY 9. Travel 16 miles north on HWY 9. Just after mile marker 118 turn left onto Heeney Road (County Rd 30). Follow Heeney Road for 5.3 miles and turn left onto Cataract Creek Road (FDR 1725). Continue for 2.5 miles to the Lower Cataract Trailhead and parking area at the end of the road. Please do not block the gate.
