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Chatfield Reservoir, CO

Reservoir spanning Jefferson/Douglas counties, Colorado. A roughly 1,500-acre reservoir on the South Platte River at Chatfield State Park southwest of Denver, the most-visited fishing lake in the Denver metro. Stocked walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass, channel catfish, trout, and panfish make it a popular year-round, family-friendly fishery. Elevation roughly 5,400 ft.

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Overall bite score

Scored 7 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled100
Pressure trendNOAAfalling60
SolunarComputedmoon 47% lit42
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed50
WindNOAA10
Cloud coverNOAA35
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

8 tracked species in Chatfield Reservoir, with the months each fishes best.

Channel Catfishabundant
Black Crappiecommon
Bluegillcommon
Largemouth Basscommon
Rainbow Troutcommon
Smallmouth Basscommon
Walleyecommon
Yellow Perchpresent

Water facts

TypeReservoir
CountyJefferson/Douglas
StateColorado
WaterFreshwater

Multiple concrete ramps within Chatfield State Park; daily park pass required. The below-lake South Platte USGS gauge is discontinued, so water temperature uses a seasonal baseline.

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