Fishing Report For Taylor Park Reservoir, CO

By Rick Seaman

June 18, 2025

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Fishing Report Taylor Park Reservoir, CO

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Popular Fish Species Taylor Park Reservoir, CO

Rainbow Trout

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

Rainbows here migrate up and down the water column, more and more as Summer warms the water. As Spring is ending, rainbows are being caught in 15 to 20 feet of water early in the day. Come mid day, especially on warm days, they drop down to 25 or 50 feet, sometimes deeper. Most rainbows are being taken while trolling, using downriggers or leaded line. There are plenty of bragging size rainbows here, with 16 inch fish caught with some regularity. The diet of a rainbow trout consists of insects, small fishes and crustaceans. Use flies or small lures, imitating their natural food, to tempt them into biting. Small spinners, spoons, miniature crankbaits and swimbaits are catching rainbows, as are salmon eggs and prepared baits.

Brown Trout

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Water temperatures are in the mid to high 50's, which is driving browns to deeper, cooler water. Early in the day, and again at dusk, brown trout often move shallow to feed for short periods. Weekend anglers with spinning gear are catching brown trout on spinners, small jerkbaits, nightcrawlers and a variety of other small offerings. Fly fishing enthusiasts are catching nice browns using streamers that mimic crayfish and baitfish. Brown trout can be very aggressive, and put up a good battle. Larger browns are susceptible to being caught on jerkbaits, as few anglers throw them while trout fishing.

Northern Pike

Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon with a curly tail grub

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

Ice fishing for northerns here was decent this year. Now that the water is warming, nice pike are being caught in the shallows. The action can be fast and furious, and dedicated anglers are catching a few northern big enough to brag about. Anglers report catching most northern pike shallow, in areas around weeds. Live bait is catching good numbers, as are lures in bright colors, whites and lures with flash, which appeal to these toothy predators. If they will attack top water baits, the fishing can be quite thrilling. Alternate between baits until you identify which one triggers the most bites for the day.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout, kokanee salmon and northern pike at Taylor Park Reservoir in Colorado.

Taylor Park Reservoir is a 2,000-acre lake with over 10miles of shoreline. Fish being caught here include three types of trout, plus salmon and pike. There are multiple places around the lake with easy access for fishing from the bank.

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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".