Fishing near Crawford, CO

Crawford sits on Colorado's Western Slope in Delta County, anchored by Crawford State Park and its 400-acre reservoir just one mile south of town. The reservoir is the area's centerpiece fishery, known locally as a quality perch and crappie lake, with northern pike, largemouth bass, channel catfish, and rainbow trout rounding out the catch. The Gunnison River and North Fork of the Gunnison also draw anglers to the region for trout fishing.

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Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus (Colorado River cutthroat trout), Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis (Rio Grande cutthroat trout)

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Mountain Whitefish

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Sockeye Salmon

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Smallmouth Bass

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