Fishing Report For Sloan Lake, CO

By Rick Seaman

April 1, 2025

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Fishing Report Sloan Lake, CO

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Popular Fish Species Sloan Lake, CO

Rainbow Trout

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Thanks to an on-going stocking program by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, trout fishing in Sloan's Lake Park is good. The ice is gone so traditional fishing is back in play. The diet of a rainbow trout consists of insects, small fishes and crustaceans. Locals using flies, or small lures imitating their natural food, are catching some fish. Small spinners, miniature crankbaits and swimbaits are catching rainbows, as are nightcrawlers, salmon eggs and prepared baits. This action should pick up as Spring warms the water, making these trout more active.

Channel Catfish

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Good

Although fishing for channel cats has been slow through the winter, the fishing is starting to pick up as the water warms. Fishing for channel catfish is often productive around any kind of structure. Once the weather warms, fishing from late in the day until dark often produces the best fishing activity as this is prime feeding time for channel cats. Prior year fishing reports indicate Spring, and again in Fall, offer some of the best fishing for channel catfish. Most locals are using a slip sinker, or Carolina rig setup, with worms, cut bait or prepared baits.

Walleye

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good

Casting jigs with worms, minnows or leeches is catching walleye, now that the ice has melted. Locals report spoons, deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners also catch walleye from Spring through Fall, while trolling. Early in the morning, and from dusk to long after dark are good times to catch walleye, as they move shallow to feed. Most walleye being caught here are taken while bottom bumping, as they primarily feed close to the bottom.

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Guide to fishing for channel catfish, black crappie, walleye, rainbow trout and bluegill at Sloan Lake in Colorado.

Sloan's Lake is a 177-acre reservoir, with about 2 1/2 miles of shoreline. It is located within the city of Denver, CO. Sloan's Lake Park makes it convenient to fish the lake. This small lake supports a variety of fish species, including catfish, crappie, trout and bluegill.

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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".