That's The Worst Fish Picture I've Ever Seen...Fishing Western Colorado. Ouch that hurts. Normally I take pretty decent pictures, but not this time. The fishing was great today, so I guess my camera skills were a bit off. OK...here's the picture in question. The one my husband is complaining about.
This is a Snake River Fine Spot Cutthroat Trout. It was caught at Pa-Co-Chu-Puk between Ridgway and Montrose, Colorado. This one is 20 inches long and that's great for this type of trout. My husband out fished me today and the credit for this catch goes to him.
The fisherman upstream came over to help Dan net it. So we had three people standing over the fish. After the long hard fight, we were all eager to get the fish back to the water, and not make it pose for a picture.
Pa-Co-Chu-Puk is part of Ridgway Colorado State Park.
This guy was also fishing. This is a blue heron, and he stopped right by us because the fishing was so good, and he wanted a piece of the action. Even though this stretch of river is catch and release, I have a feeling he wasn't going to play by the rules. He was fishing for dinner.
The stretch of Uncompahgre River below the Ridgway Reservoir dam is great fishing. If fishing is on your list of things to do on your Western Colorado trip, this place needs to be on your list.
I have to admit this isn't the best fish picture I've taken. The fish is upside down, the lighting is bad and almost half of the fish is in the shadows. You can't see how many fine spots there are on this fish. It's too bad for Dan. This was a nice catch. That just means we'll have to go back and try again. By the way...the fishing for Rainbow Trout was excellent, too. The smaller ones were so pretty they were almost lavender in color.
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