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Colorado fishing

News-desk briefs whose primary water is Colorado.

• US FishingCONews deskSeptember 30, 2026

  CPW lifts all Southwest voluntary fishing closures after rain and cooler water

  Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Southwest Region rescinded voluntary fishing closures on 11 river sections effective Sept. 30 after rain and cooler water eased heat-and-drought stress. Kokanee take stays prohibited in the Gunnison above the Blue Mesa standing-water line until Nov. 1.

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  Laws & LicensingCONews deskSeptember 25, 2026

  CPW proposes ambient temperature standards below Pueblo Dam

  Colorado Parks and Wildlife told a Sept. 24 meeting at Lake Pueblo State Park it wants ambient-based temperature standards on the Arkansas River below Pueblo Dam for July through December, while January–June cold-water standards stay in place for the stocked trout tailwater and the Pueblo hatchery.

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• Laws & LicensingCONews deskSeptember 23, 2026

  CPW lifts voluntary fishing closures on the Eagle and Crystal rivers

  Effective Sept. 23, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reopened the Eagle and Crystal rivers after cooler water and monsoon rain. Elk and Yampa voluntary closures stay; a mandatory Stagecoach reach on the Yampa remains closed.

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  US FishingCONews deskSeptember 21, 2026

  CPW lifts voluntary closures on the Colorado, Fraser, and White

  Cooler water led Colorado Parks and Wildlife to lift voluntary fishing closures on stretches of the Colorado, Fraser, and White rivers, Sky-Hi News reported Sept. 20. Restrictions remain on parts of the Eagle, Crystal, Elk, and Yampa.

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• Laws & LicensingCONews deskSeptember 18, 2026

  CPW opens public fish salvage at Hugo Ponds ahead of habitat work

  CPW authorized a public fish salvage at Hugo Ponds SWA beginning Sept. 1 under Regulation 104.G ahead of pond draining for habitat work. Size and bag limits are suspended there until the salvage is lifted; a license is still required.

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• US FishingCONews deskSeptember 11, 2026

  Colorado’s Crystal: lower river still on a CPW full-day voluntary close

  Crystal Fly Shop’s Sept. 2, 2026 report says CPW has a full-day voluntary closure from Highway 133 mile marker 64 to the Roaring Fork, while 30-plus miles of upper Crystal are low, clear, and on hoppers.

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