Fishing near Ouray, CO

Ouray sits at the head of a deep canyon valley in southwestern Colorado, surrounded by peaks that feed the Uncompahgre River and a network of high-country streams and reservoirs. The county is known for trout fishing across a range of water types — from the tailwater stretch below Ridgway Reservoir and the canyon pools of Canyon Creek to alpine lakes in the backcountry. Ridgway Reservoir and the Pa-Co-Chu-Puk section of the Uncompahgre are the marquee local destinations.

Top waters to fish near Ouray

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Ouray, Colorado and what's needed to catch them.

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Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

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

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Smallmouth Bass

Sockeye Salmon

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Channel Catfish

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

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