Fishing Report For Dillon Reservoir, CO

By Rick Seaman

April 11, 2025

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Fishing Report Dillon Reservoir, CO

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Popular Fish Species Dillon Reservoir, CO

Rainbow Trout

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

There are still some areas safe for ice fishing, and trout are still being caught. Warming weather will soon make ice fishing unsafe. Not long after, good fishing will return again this Spring. The diet of a rainbow trout consists of insects, small fishes and crustaceans. Avid trout anglers are catching rainbows with a variety of flies. Weekend anglers catch a lot of fish using small spinners, miniature crankbaits and swimbaits, as well as nightcrawlers, salmon eggs and prepared baits.

Brown Trout

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Very Good

Fishing conditions and techniques for brown trout here, are similar to that of rainbows. One additional bait that brown trout seem to get fooled by, are small jerkbaits. Brown trout can be very aggressive, and put up quite a fight.

Kokanee Salmon

Current Report: Poor To Fair To Good To Very Good To Excellent
Outlook: Poor To Fair To Good To Very Good To Excellent

Kokanee here, school up and hang out in deep water, usually above some type of structure. Downriggers are the ideal way to get baits to the proper depth, but leaded line or heavy sinkers can also be an option. Mack's Wedding Ring Classic Spinners or Worden's Spin-N-Glo Kokanee Rig are both catching fish here after ice-out. Using an in-line flasher, and tipping these baits with shoepeg white corn, live nightcrawlers or minnows for scent, helps attract bites. Trolling these baits between 1.2 mph and 1.8 mph is a good speed for these kokes. Jigging brightly colored lures and bait also catches kokanee here. The Blue River Bay area has been a top location for kokanee for many years, and is always a good place to start. Let your electronics tell you when you're in the right area.

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Guide to fishing for rainbow trout, brown trout, kokanee salmon and Arctic char at Dillon Reservoir in Colorado.

Boasting for boating and fishing, Dillon Reservoir is a 3,500-acre lake with more than 25 miles of shoreline. There is plenty of places for fishing from the bank. The lake is home to rainbow and brown trout, and kokanee salmon.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".