Colorado Fishing Brochure 2012 : Page 1REFERENCE 2012 Colorado Fishing LICENSE FEES ANNUAL LICENSES ARE VALID APRIL 1, 2012-MARCH 31, 2013 COST » Habitat Stamp .........................................$10 Required for residents and nonresidents. Add this to license fees below if you have not yet purchased a 2012 Habitat Stamp. WHAT’S NEW2012 ARCHERY FISHING NOW ALLOWED TO TAKE KOKANEE IN CERTAIN SEASONS — Public input has helped establish a WALLEYE LIMIT AT CARTER LAKE — The REFERENCE RESIDENTS » Adult annual (ages 16-64) ................................. $26 » Senior annual (64 and older) ............................ $1 For senior lifetime low-income licenses, see page 7 » Small Game & Fishing combo ........................ $41 new regulation about archery fishing for kokanee salmon. It is now allowed at waters that are also open to snagging. Archers can only take fish by this method during the dates open for snagging. Special requirements apply for bows and archery-fishing equipment. See “Legal Fishing Methods” on page 9 for details. new possession limit at Carter Lake has been reduced from six walleye to five. This regulation change brings the rules at Carter in line with the rest of the state, eliminating confusion over varying bag and possession limits. See page 13. chemical spill in the water, call the 24-hour spill hotline, 1-877-518-5608, at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response. you ever driven by pristine waters and wondered if you can stop and drop a line? Our color-coded fishing regulation maps are now online. Look them up on your computer at www.bit.ly/COFishMaps , or download them to your smartphone and keep them with you on the road! have a smartphone, scan the QR codes in this brochure to get immediate Web access to more information. You can also access the interactive version of this brochure online at www.bit.ly/COFishing2012 . REPORT SPILLS — If you see an oil or NONRESIDENTS » Annual .................................................................... $56 » Five-day................................................................... $21 WILLIAMS FORK PIKE, LAKE TROUT FISHING — A proliferation of small lake trout RESIDENTS & NONRESIDENTS » Second-rod stamp .............................................. $5 The second-rod stamp is available to anyone who has purchased a fishing license and any youth under 16. (See page 7.) » One-day fishing ................................................... $9 » Additional-day fishing ....................................... $5 Customers buying a one-day or additional-day license are exempt from the Habitat Stamp fee with the first two of these licenses. The habitat fee will be assessed when a third license of this type is purchased. Prices include 25-cent search-and-rescue fee and 75-cent surcharge for the Wildlife Management Education Fund. at Williams Fork Reservoir has prompted an increased bag limit of eight fish. This is an effort to control the lake trout popula-tion and maintain a proper predator-prey balance in the reservoir. Anglers may only take one lake trout over 30 inches. Also at Williams Fork, taking northern pike by spearfishing, archery and gigs is now prohibited. See page 31. closely resemble other members of the sunfish family. They are now part of the statewide sunfish bag limit. Anglers may have up to 20 sunfish of various types in their possession. See page 3 for bag limits. OUR FISHING MAPS ARE ONLINE — Have REDEAR SUNFISH LIMIT — Redear sunfish WATCH FOR QR CODES — If you BUY YOUR LICENSE ONLINE Go to www.wildlife.state.co.us/ShopDOW/ LICENSES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE 1. By phone at 1-800-244-5613. Credit cards are accepted for phone and Internet purchases. 2. At license agents around the state 3. At Wildlife Service Centers AppsAndLicenses/Pages/totallicensing.aspx FISHING CONDITIONS NOTE: Drought conditions are affect-ing the Eastern Plains. Please use these recorded updates or the CPW website to find current conditions for waters in the following areas of the state: Statewide .......................... (303) 291-7534 Metro Denver and Foothills..................... (303) 291-7535 Northeast Colorado ....... (303) 291-7536 Northwest Colorado...... (303) 291-7537 Southeast Colorado....... (303) 291-7538 Southwest Colorado ..... (303) 291-7539 HABITAT STAMP 1. Stamps are $10 and are nonrefundable. WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY A LICENSE 1. Current and valid photo ID 2. For residents, proof of residency 3. Habitat Stamp Only one is required per person per year, valid April 1-March 31. A lifetime stamp is $300.25. 2. Anyone 18-64 MUST purchase a stamp in order to buy or apply for a preference point or buy a hunting or fishing license. 3. EXEMPTIONS: Anyone with a free lifetime fishing license, a veteran’s life-time combination small-game hunting and fishing license, or those approved for the Big-Game Mobility Impaired Hunting Program are exempt. See Licenses are nontransferable. False statements made while buying a license render it void. Lost or destroyed licenses can be replaced by filling out an affidavit and paying a fee. See “License Requirements” on page 7 for more. www.wildlife.state.co.us/Hunting/ DisabledAccessibility/Pages/Disability Information.aspx for details about those programs. SEASON DATES Colorado waters are open to taking fish, amphib-ians and crustaceans day and night, year round, ex-cept as otherwise stated in the regulation section of this brochure. See pages 10-33. Get hooked Ready to learn how to fish? Whether you are 5 or 75, we’ve got clinics and instructors waiting for you. FREE FISHING DAYS Residents and nonresidents can fish without a license or Habitat Stamp on the first full weekend of June each year. All other rules and regulations apply. www.bit.ly/COFishingClinics 1 Publication List Using a screen reader? Click Here |
