11 MILE MARINA WEEKLY FISHING REPORT 01.09.25
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CONTEST THIS WEEKEND: IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE CONTEST DON’T LET THAT SCARE YOU AWAY FROM THE PARK. EVERY SATURDAY IS SUPER BUSY HERE. PLENTY OF PLACES TO FISH.
CONTEST SLOTS AVAILABLE TEAM EVENT: WE STILL HAVE A FEW SLOTS AVAILABLE. WE INCREASED FROM 150 TEAMS TO 160. CALL MARINA FOR LATE ENTRY 719-748-0317. A FEW SLOTS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH DATES.
2025 EAGLE CLAW COLORADO CLASSIC ICE FISHING TOURNAMENT SERIES WIN A TOYOTA TACOMA Check out the CONTEST PAGE for 2025 rules and other info. SIGN UP NOW. Click BOOK NOW box follow prompts “register here”. Please read carefully when you sign up for all three, it is just one entry per team of two. elevenmile@hotmail.com with any questions or problems signing up. You can also sign up in the Marina store and save the fee charged by Peek Travel our backend reservation/contest system if you wish. Last year all three events sold out in the first week of January. We have always been at a 150 team limit and are able to increase to 160 this year. You do not have to be in all three. But if you choose to be in just one or two as many have done in the past it would be wise to sign up sooner rather than later. You must be in all three to qualify for the Final Grand Prize and Toyota Tacoma.
LETS GO CATCHING: Reservations now being taken for ice fishing Guide trips. Click the “RENTALS AND GUIDE” link top of page for details. We have been guiding on the ice since 1994. Experience counts. There are not tons of ice guides out there but there are some and most offer trips in the 6 to 8 hour range since they have to travel to get here and need to make it worth their wild. We are here at the lake and have found that if we can’t do it in 4 we can’t do it. Most of our Winter clients are first timers or still learning with a few making us an annual trip and some looking to learn more about Eleven Mile. Four hours on the ice is just about right for most people. We offer the ability to add time if the action is hot and heavy and you want to stay longer. call 719-748-0317 for your trip now.
ICE SKATING RINK: NOW OPEN
TIME TO GO HARDWATER ANGLING
CURRENT CONDITIONS: ICE ON!!! New snow approximately 2 to 3 inches. Roads clear some icy spots.
ICE THICKNESS: Ice generally looking to be 9” to 14” in most parts.
PARK OPEN 24/7/365
WATER FLOW: 144 CFS IN 135 CFS OUT
ELEVEN MILE STATE PARK IS IN THE SOUTH PARK NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
MARINA STORE AND LAKE SPECIALISTS: Camping, Fishing Equipment, Flies, Lures, Bait, Clothing, Food, Snacks, Drinks, Ice Cream and official purveyors of Boars Head brand products. Stop in and find out how we can help you catch. Get a topo map. They say information is gold. It's also critical to catching fish on the ice. The maps have GPS coordinates on them so you just can't miss. We want you to be successful here at the Mile. Get a map we will MARK IT UP with the hot spots. WE ARE HERE FISHING EVERYDAY AND CAN PUT YOU ON THE FISH. Spinney Maps are officially unavailable and no longer in production. You can probably find them other places but we are out. Plenty of Eleven Mile in stock get yours with all the hot spots marked up today. Information is gold for catching
PIC # 1: First time ice fishing for Joshua H. Resulted in a 6 pounder. What a day. This one was caught in the bay just East of the marina as guided by a chat with Alex.
pic courtesy Neal B. PIC # 2: 27.5” Cuttbow caught at North Shore. pic courtesy RockyMtnEagle
PIC # 3: EXCLUSIVE: You will not be able to find these pink “FLAMINGO” maggots anywhere in Colorado accept at 11 Mile Marina. We heard from our Distributor Discount Tackle in Denver just got a few jars. Sure to be a hot ice fishing bait. Also Strawberry Limeade with Garlic scent Power Bait exclusively at the Marina and our online store. We ran out last Saturday waiting on delivery now. PIC # 4: NOT EXCLUSIVE: Scanned this jar of Power Bait for a sale and this is what came up. It use to be called “Captain America” then they changed to Red, White and Blue. Now its unisex adult with glitter LOL Thought I would bring this to their attention at the Pure Fishing space in Nashville where they have a large exhibit and they laughed me off. Hmmm. PIC # 5: I landed this lunker last weekend just past the wave break behind the marina! We were using small tube jigs tipped with the flamingo maggots. We hooked in to quite a few perch, but also landed a nice 17 inch brown and a 15 inch rainbow. This guy might be the smallest fish I have ever hooked through the ice. Thanks for what you do and happy new year! Pic and report courtesy Aaron T.
SEND US YOUR PICS: Thank you for sending pics of your success here. Sometimes they end up in junk file and we lose them, sometimes they are in a format that is not supported by website backend. If you don’t get a thank you acknowledgement email that means we didn’t get it. Try again THANKS!! Send in those ice pics. If we use it stop in for a free Krystal Lazer ice jig.
TROUT: FAIR TO GOOD: Action has picked up quite a bit. Still slow in some parts but good in others. There may be a lot of stockers at North Shore but a fair number of large fish have been caught here of late. Tube jigs, Kastmasters, Krystal Lazers. Many different baits have been working stop in for latest info. Look to Howbert Point, Corral Cove and Rocking Chair as good spots.
NEW ITEMS IN STORE: A couple of new items in the store this week that we like: Kenders Tungsten jigs/Waxie We have a few different patterns and so far so good. Tungsten is dense and more sensitive then other metals. Feel lighter bites and get down to the fish quickly. Some with glow patterns. check them out. A Power Bait product that has been around but suggested to us by a few anglers, Egg Cluster. Just put them on a hook and fish them off the bottom like a spawn sack. These may be used in the tournament.
SPAWN SACKS: In general these are productive baits at Eleven Mile for big fish. We sell a variety of Trout eggs that can legally be used. Colorado CPW regulations prohibit the use of spawn from a Trout or Salmon caught in the wild anywhere in Colorado. Because we cannot prove without a genetic test that someone mixed wild caught eggs with store bought we have made the use of sacks in general prohibited in the contests this year. You can still use a single salmon egg on small snell hook but no sacks of any kind. We do sell Pautzke Trout eggs that can be used in a sack anytime legally but not if you are in the contest. We do sell a Pautzke Spawn Sac Tyer. You can tie your own, a good investment or we do have some pre tied in a cup of three.
KOKANEE SALMON: POOR: Marking fish but not catching is the order of the day. Some minor improvement out toward Duck Island. The bigger ones are by themselves and can pop up almost anywhere like North Shore or Duck Island, the smaller ones are stacked up on the East End and hit every so often. Look to spoons like Swedish Pimples, Kastmasters and Krocodiles. Always tip with something. We bring everything to the hook seeing what the bait du jour may be. When you make the hike you want to have everything with you. And a hike it is.
NORTHERN PIKE: GOOD TO VERY GOOD: The dogs are doing it with some really nice fish being landed. Most have been in water 8 to 10 feet deep. We like right on the edge of the weed beds Rocky Flats to Stoll and Lazy Boy to Cross Creek. Seeing plenty at North Shore also. Tip ups have been productive and the bigger dogs seem a little more productive then the smaller ones. Suckers have also been helpful with just the right size.
SPECIAL NOTE: 11 Mile Marina is located at the North Shore in Eleven Mile State Park, Lake George Colorado. A CPW Park Pass is required on all vehicles entering the Park. Any fees for Guide/Outfitter/Rental services do not include Park fees, CO fishing license or gratuities.
The WEEKLY FISHING REPORT is produced by fishermen for fishermen. We try to get it done every Thursday but some times fishing or life gets in the way. So if its not there on Thursday morning it will show up by Friday. We appreciate all the support and acknowledge that many of you won't miss a week but every now and then we might. CLICK SUPPORT THE REPORT TO HELP OUT Be Safe. Fish On!
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