Fishing near Delta, CO

Delta sits in Delta County in western Colorado, where the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers converge at the edge of town. The area is anchored by a designated Gold Medal wild trout fishery on the Gunnison River through the Black Canyon and Gunnison Gorge, widely regarded as one of Colorado's premier fly fisheries. Confluence Lake in town, the North Fork Gunnison, and the 300-plus lakes on nearby Grand Mesa round out a fishing scene that draws both fly anglers and bait fishermen year-round.

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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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