08-25-2022, 07:10 PM
Hey Chuck, have you ever tried for cats at Chatfield...just south of Denver? I fished it quite a bit while on a 6 month work assignment in Denver. I caught several cats in that size range from Chatfield...but on stout tackle and bait meant for those whisker fish. Don't know what the current ecology or catfish population is there, but it used to have some bigguns.
Also had one of my most exciting days on a flyrod there. I had been working the shoreline with flies and poppers for smallmouth, sunfish and perch when I noticed some bodacious swirls close to shore. There was an offshore breeze blowing grasshoppers and other terrestrials into the water off the shoreline vegetation. And catfish were slurping them up. Got several on my six weight fly rod...up to about 10 pounds. Never repeated that since then but it was a memorable afternoon.
Also had one of my most exciting days on a flyrod there. I had been working the shoreline with flies and poppers for smallmouth, sunfish and perch when I noticed some bodacious swirls close to shore. There was an offshore breeze blowing grasshoppers and other terrestrials into the water off the shoreline vegetation. And catfish were slurping them up. Got several on my six weight fly rod...up to about 10 pounds. Never repeated that since then but it was a memorable afternoon.