Bass Fishing in the Rockies

Summer is Coming

Fly Fishing for Bass and Afternoon Baseball Games.....

May weather in Colorado is hard to predict but, the temps are usually warm enough for both of these afternoon activities. This weekend we were lucky enough to get out for a Rockies victory on Saturday night and some stellar bass fishing at Pella Ponds on Sunday afternoon.

As for the fishing....the bass are still up on the reds in this area and are visible on the banks. Afternoon water temps hovered around 60 in the shallows providing excelent opportunity to score numerous largemouth, bluegill, and a few crappie.

Hot flies included olive and golden buggers, small poppers, and black rabbit leaches. We fished from pontoon boats to avoid back-casting into unsuspecting dog-walkers (this is not uncommon when fishing from the bank as the lakes main trial runs directly behind some of the best bank fishing locations). The majority of our strikes came from shallow areas with heavy tree/ brush cover but, we did manage to score a few fish out in the open as we were crossing to fish the far bank.

DONT FORGET TO GET YOUR FISHING LICENSE!!!!

Some of you might be wondering why you even purchase a license when you haven't gotten checked in the last three years. I have been living in the state for over 10 years and have only been checked three times. However, bass ponds like Pella, Sawhill and Walden are easy places for Division of Wildlife managers to hang out and get there quota. Thirty dollars may seem like a lot of money to pay for a fishing license but, it does go to a good cause and the fine for not having one is about ten times the alternative.