Fall Starting to pick up in South Park

Well as we draw deeper and deeper into the Fall season, the fishing is becoming as advertised. Many nice lake fish have begun to move into the South Platte on their annual migration. The Browns have started showing up but the numbers are no where near where they were this time last year.  Cooler temps will help encourage this big guys to move out of the lake to spawn.  However, there are a decent number of rainbows and cutthroats that have started to move up and they are a little easier to find than the colorful brownies.  As the spawn moves into full swing over the next month avoid fishing to fish that are on redds.  These fish will be in fast shallow water and occasionally you will see a flashing of the body as they actively spawn.  Don't fish to these guys as they are not focused on feeding.  Crowds have already hit the tressel run and it is kind of sad to see six or more anglers fishing to just a few fish.  Be courteous and give other anglers room.  On a non fishing note, congrationlations to Tad Howard of Colorado Trout Hunters on the new addition to his family!  Below are a couple of nice cutthroats that were caught this weekend.