Loveland Fishing Club Blog

  Editor's note: If you've not signed up yet to volunteer, please contact Bob McHale, DerbyChair or 970-690-0227.  Feel free to forward this anyone who may be interested in this popular free event.   A Loveland tradition for decades, the Loveland Kids Derby will be held  on Saturday, May 18 th  at North Lake Park Duck Pond.  It’s  a bit earlier than years past, away from summer heat, a move intended to keep the trout stocked in Duck Pond healthy and hungry. (The pond will be open to fishing for all after the event).   The derby, free and open to all youngsters up to age 14, begins at 8 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. The pond will be full of catchable-size trout stocked by Colorado Parks and Wildlife   Lovelanders  and youngsters from surrounding communities have been  participating  in the derby for generations.    Here are the highlights:   To qualify for prizes, register in the morning before starting to fish, at L...

  How to kick Danny’s butt for Angler of the Year!   By Bill Prater   It is past time to get serious about the Loveland Fishing Club’s Angler of the Year contest, now in its 11 th year. Bragging rights will go to the handful of club member who report catching the biggest fish of 2024 from a Colorado lake, stream or pond, as long as that water is potentially available to all club members. (If you’ve been forcing feeding that green sunfish in your bathtub, just see how it tastes as sushi.)       Our brutally honest President Danny Barker (last year’s winner) pointed out at the March general meeting that 5 of the club’s 10 Angler of the Year fish have been caught from his boat, though not necessarily by him.    If you’d like to reduce Danny to honorable mention status in 2024, below are several recommended tactics from the contest’s Chair, Darrell Knight, who is taking over from contest founder Jim Roode. (You can reach Darrell by e-mail, D...