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Elkhead Reservoir is a public lake in Moffat County, Colorado, managed by Colorado Parks & Wildlife. It is listed in the CPW Fishing Atlas as legally accessible public water. Public access confirmed via CPW.
A Front Range reservoir — stocked rainbow trout plus a warm/cool-water fishery: walleye, wiper, smallmouth and largemouth bass, perch and crappie in the same lake.
Elkhead Reservoir covers about 700 acres in the Western Slope region. Anglers here mostly fish for rainbow trout, walleye, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass; wiper, yellow perch, black crappie, channel catfish are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Elk Head Reservoir and Elkhead Creek (Moffat County).
Species from the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Fishing Atlas and fishery survey data.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Colorado. Some State Wildlife Areas, state parks and reservoirs have posted hours or seasonal closures — check the CPW property page and the fishing brochure for this water.
Boats: Boating rules are set per water — many high lakes are hand-launch or electric-motor only, and Front Range reservoirs run mandatory aquatic-nuisance-species (ANS) inspections before launch. Check the CPW listing for this water.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Colorado state parks (reserve ahead), national forest and BLM campgrounds, and where allowed on State Wildlife Areas. Many SWAs are day-use only and now require a hunting or fishing licence just to enter. Dispersed camping on national forest / BLM land is widely allowed away from developed areas.
Tackle: This is a trout / Gold Medal water. Special season, gear and bag rules often apply (many Gold Medal reaches are flies-and-lures, catch-and-release) — check the CPW fishing brochure for this water.
Boat ramps: 3 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp.
Camping: 2 sites mapped nearby — Bears Ears Campground, Pronghorn Campground.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Everyone 16 or older needs a Colorado fishing licence — resident annual is about $41 (plus the ~$12 Wildlife Habitat Stamp), non-resident annual about $103, and 1-day licences about $17. No separate trout stamp. Buy from Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Colorado has no public-trust right to float or wade through private land — you may only fish where CPW, a State Wildlife Area lease, a state park or another public agency provides legal access, which every water in this atlas does. Most licences also require the ~$12 Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp; there is no separate trout stamp.
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