![]() Swigle and Duff remove fish from the 15 nets strategically placed around the reservoir and place them in a tank filled with lake water on their boat, so the fish remain in water that is the same temperature. ![]() So far, they have moved fish to River’s Edge and Boyd Lake State Park in Loveland and Union Reservoir in Longmont. awarded the lease to the Berthoud Heritage Metropolitan District, which is developing land in the surrounding area. Negotiations to continue the lease on Lonetree failed earlier this year, and the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Co. ![]() The lake has been stocked with fish at taxpayer expense, and department officials want the fish to continue to be available to the public. ![]() Next spring, the agency also may consider lifting fishing limits at Lonetree to get as many fish as possible out of the water before the state wildlife area closes and a local metropolitan district takes over.Ĭolorado Parks and Wildlife has held a lease at Lonetree, which it has operated as a state wildlife area, since the 1970s. They have been checking the nets twice a week and will continue to do so into the fall, and then pick up the effort again in the spring in hopes of moving as many fish as possible before the end of June, when the state’s lease on the water and surrounding area expires. ![]() Colorado Parks and Wildlife fish biologists have moved 3,200 fish out of Lonetree Reservoir and into nearby public fishing waters over the past month.īen Swigle, fishery biologist, and Jason Duff, assistant fishery biologist, removed more than 100 fish on Friday from 15 nets they have set in the waters southwest of Loveland and transported those fish, including black crappie and yellow perch, to River’s Edge Natural Area in Loveland. ![]()
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