MONTE VISTA, Colo. – There’s no money reward this time, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials hope you’ll help them catch hundreds of fish from one southern Colorado reservoir that will undergo repairs.
Anglers are being authorized to keep all the fish they catch from the Trujillo Meadows Reservoir, as it will be drawn down through the summer to accommodate dam repair.
That work is expected to begin this fall.
The reservoir is north of Cumbres Pass and Highway 17 on U.S. Forest Service Road 118 in Conejos County.
“As the reservoir is drawn down fish will die, so anglers are encouraged to harvest and keep all the fish they can,” a CPW spokesperson said.
If you’re planning to help, keep in mind you must have a 2017 Colorado fishing license and can only use legal methods of take.
Anglers can continue to harvest all the fish they catch through Dec. 31.
The salvage order, however, does not apply to the Rio De Los Pinos River which supplies water to the reservoir.
For more information about fishing in Colorado, go to cpw.state.co.us.
