Colorado is spoiled for choice when it comes to lake fishing. Did you know that Colorado has over 2,000 stunning lakes and reservoirs to choose from – many regularly stocked with fish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Special awards for the Best Fishing Lakes in Colorado are even given out by the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Agency who designates only the highest quality fishing spots in the state as Gold Medal Waters.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gold Medal Waters need to show that they can regularly produce at least 60 pounds of Trout per acre with an average of at least 12 “Quality Trout” plucked from the waters per acre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Quality Trout” here means big ones – they need to be greater than 14 inches to count!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently just 11 rivers and 3 lakes have made the cut to be named as Gold Medal Waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ll review these 3 Gold Medal Lakes plus 2 more that make the cut to be named as the best fishing lakes in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n