Loveland Fishing Club Blog

  Jim Roode, who's happily fished the Northgate Canyon area of the North Platte for many years, is plotting an overnight trip there as soon as water levels reach an optimum level. Want to go? Jim says he'll be camping at a public access area parking spot. If interested, contact Jim at  jimroode@yahoo.com .  The river levels are understandably high right now, and Jim will set an exact date when they recede, which may be quite soon with the current heat wave. Here's a link to information on the Northgate Canyon area, north of Walden near the Wyoming border. https://www.inaraft.com/ colorado-river-maps/north- platte-river-map/

  Fishing a private pond in Larimer County, Jim Barborak recently hooked and landed a 10-inch green sunfish, a giant of its species and 100 percent of the requirement for a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Master Angler award. It's not a contender for the club's annual Big Fish contest, limited to fish taken from water available to all club members. If you land a big one, tell Bob McHale all about it.  Here tis:​

  By Bill Prater I was headed home from Chicago Friday when I saw that legendary angler's painful video about his cancer diagnosis. The distressing news prompted me into an adventure I’d thought about off and on for the past 10 or 15 years: In other words, ever since I’d watched Chad's  Fishful Thinker program about the legendary I-80 fishing lakes dotting the interstate’s route across Nebraska. I’m pretty sure I recall him saying, “I just picked one at random” before hopping onto that little 12-foot jon boat of his and predictably catching one big bass after another, along with a wad of crappie and bluegill. Anyway, come Saturday morning I paused on the drive home to try replicating Chad’s long-ago day on I-80 roadside water. I picked a little lake at random – War Axe State Recreation Area, a few miles east of Kearney. It was just as he’d described – a crystal clear lake all to myself ,  filled with healthy coontail, cabbage and other fish-attracting weeds. Predicta...

  Lately even when it's pouring rain with occasional hail, the fishing's around here has reportedly been downright scary good. So if you haven't signed up yet, get going. This month's Boat Day outing, the first of the season, will be from about 7:30 to noon on Thursday, May 22 at Boyd Lake (two days after the June general meeting, followed by a potluck lunch.  If you'd like to participate, contact this month's  Boat Day  organizer,  Tom Miller , 970-669-3585;  ranger1936@icloud.com He'll match up boat captains with anglers needing a ride.  All club members are welcome, but space is limited based on the number of available boats. The club provides some protein, and everyone is asked to bring a dish to share, and whatever you want to drink. 

  Fu neral services for Richard M. "Fish Head" Hunsaker, 89, one of the club's founding members, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 14, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 1730 W. 12th St. A reception will follow in St. John's Hall. Burial for Fish Head, who died last year in Ogden, Utah and was cremated, will be at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. (Fish Head was known for his love of fishing and infamous hat.) Dick graduated from South High School in Salt Lake City.  Dick met the love of his life, Claudia, while they were attending the University of Utah, where he received his Bachelor’s degree.  Claudia preceded him in death.  She and Dick were married June 13, 1956 in Salt Lake City, Utah while Dick was serving an active duty tour for the United States Army. Their journeys took them through Utah, Oklahoma, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, eventually retiring in Loveland, Colorado.   During his career he had many varied interests to inclu...

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 Great day of Fishing at the 2025 Kids Derby The first-time anglers ruled the day Saturday at the North Lake Duck Pond, with a 4-year-old and 3-year old capturing prizes for biggest and smallest trout. But everyone seemed to be hauling in fish on a perfect sunny day. Herons and cormorants gathered on the Duck Pond island and flew overhead as hundreds of youngsters crowded the banks and kept volunteers from Colorado Youth Outdoors and Outdoor Buddies busy cleaning and cooking trout donated to the event by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Loveland Fishing Club kept busy registering anglers, handing out fishing gear and bait and later measuring their catches and presenting fishing gear prizes at the free raffle on the half hour.  Winner of the fishing pole and tackle box for largest catch of the day was 3-year-old Weston Pharris of Loveland with a whopping 14-inch rainbow. Winner of the prize for smallest trout of the day was 4-year-old Lilah of Loveland. Weston Pharris, 3 Lilah, 4