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Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area Fishing Information

The following applies to lakes on the east (Walden) side of the Continental Divide:

Name

Acreage

Maximum Depth (feet)

Fish Species Present

Date of last stocking

Fish Stocked

Jonah Lake

8.6

12

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Whale Lake

11

37

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Martha Lake

9.5

32

Brook Trout

Shoestring Lake

7.2

7

Greenback Trout, Brook Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Round Mountain Lake

10

12

Brook Trout

Aqua Fria Lake

27.6

59

Brook Trout, Mackinaw (Lake Trout)

Lower Rainbow Lake

9

29

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Middle Rainbow Lake

9

33

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Rainbow Lake

96

91

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Slide Lake

27.2

65

Greenback Trout, Brook Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Upper Slide Lake

8.6

35

Greenback Trout, Brook Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Roxy Ann Lake

63

126

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Lake Katherine

23

not available

Brook Trout, Mackinaw (Lake Trout)

Bighorn Lake

13.8

59

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Bear Lakes

10.1,15.8,5.7

37

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Twin Lakes

4.3,5.7

22

Brook Trout, Mackinaw (Lake Trout)

Blue Lake

21.4

132

Brook Trout

Seven Lakes

14.0,2.9

25

Greenback Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Big Creek Lakes

350,105

65

Grayling, Mackinaw (Lake Trout), Tiger Muskie, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout and Brook Trout

2003

Greenback Trout

Manzanares Lake

4.2

12

Brook Trout

West Fork Lake

13

26

Brook Trout

Ute Lake

5.6

15

Rainbow Trout

 

The following applies to lakes on the west (Steamboat Springs) side of the Continental Divide:

Name

Acreage

Maximum Depth (feet)

Fish Species Present

Date of last stocking

Fish Stocked

Porcupine Lake (south of Lake Elbert)

4.2

17

Cutthroat Trout

1993

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Lake Elbert

11

35

Cutthroat Trout (some rainbows historically)

1993

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Luna Lake

38.6

55

Cutthroat Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Lake of the Crags

4.8

11

Cutthroat Trout

1993

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Big Creek Lake

8.2

41

Cutthroat Trout

1993

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Fish Hawk Lake

3.7

24

Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Snowstorm Lake

8.3

45

Brook trout, Cutthroat Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Lake Edward

14.7

40

Cutthroat Trout, Brook trout

1993

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Lake Margaret

33.1

50

Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow

1993

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

North Lake

5.5

9

Brook Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Three Island Lake

23.2

40

Brook Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Beaver Lake (SE of 3 Island Lake)

7

20

Brook Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Gold Creek Lake

7.7

34

Brook Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Gilpin Lake

18.4

greater than 55

Brook Trout

Not stocked since 1973*

Mica Lake

5.5

11

Rainbow Trout

1995

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Lake Diana

9.2

16

Cutthroat Trout

1993

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

* The stocking database goes back to 1973, these lakes could have been stocked prior to that time, but there are no records. 

The expected frequency of stocking is about every other year.  These tables will be updated as new information becomes available. 

Fishing within the Mount Zirkel Wilderness requires a state fishing license.  Click here for fishing information from the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

Click here to access the Colorado fishing or hunting regulations brochures online.