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General Information: DePoor ter Lake is a 6 acre water . Anglers can expect to catch largemouth bass, channel catfish, and bluegill. Black crappie, yellow perch, walleye, and saugeye are also occasionally caught. Location: Sedgwick County. From I-76 take Hwy 385 1 mile north to the access road. Follow the access road as it winds east, northeast, and then east again, to the lake. Recreational Management: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Fishery Management: Warmwater angling Purchase a Fishing License: http://cpw.state.co.us/buyapply/Pages/Fishing.aspx
Previous Stocking 2019
Saugeye Largemouth bass Channel catfish
2018
Saugeye Largemouth bass Channel catfish
2017
Saugeye Largemouth bass Channel catfish
2016
Saugeye Largemouth bass Channel catfish
Hybrid grass carp
2015 Saugeye
Largemouth bass Channel catfish
2014
Walleye Largemouth bass Channel catfish
Hybrid grass carp
2013 Largemouth bass Channel catfish
2012
Largemouth bass Channel catfish
Sportfishing Notes Largemouth bass
Fishing near cattail stands and other vegetation is rec-ommended.
Traditional bass gear (spinner-, buzz-, and crank-baits, top-water poppers, frogs, etc.) works well.
Channel catfish
Fishing the bottom off of the southeast shore is recommended.
Chicken liver, cut shad, or cut carp as bait works well.
Bluegill
Salmon eggs or small pieces of night crawler work well.
Areas around the fishing pier and the east end of the lake are traditional hot-spots.
Black crappie
Fishing near submerged timber from April-June is recommended.
Try using 1” tube jigs, spinner jigs, or tiny-tot and hot leg lures.
Amenities Fishing pier Picnic areas Modern restrooms Wildlife viewing
Regulations
Min. size for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15”.
Statewide bag and possession limits also apply.
DePoorter Lake LAST UPDATED: MARCH 2020
FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA Mandi Brandt - Aquatic Biologist (Brush)
DePoorter Lake LAST UPDATED: MARCH 2020
FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA Mandi Brandt - Aquatic Biologist (Brush)
About the Lake...
DePoorter Lake was created in 1988 when fill dirt was excavated for use in the Highway 138-Union Pacific Railroad viaduct. The former Colorado Division of Wildlife began building a fishery in 1989 by stocking hy-brid sunfish and channel catfish in the lake. The following year, bluegill and rainbow trout were added to the stocking schedule to expand the fishery. Since then, a variety of species including yellow perch, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, saugeye, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and cuttbow have been purposefully stocked. Green sunfish, black and white crappie, and common carp have been illicitly introduced.
DePoorter Lake LAST UPDATED: MARCH 2020
FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA Mandi Brandt - Aquatic Biologist (Brush)
Figure 1. Relative abundance of fish species caught during the 2016 to 2019 annual surveys at DePoorter Lake. Shades of blue represent the panfish population comprised of bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, black crappie, white crappie, and yellow perch. Fish caught during the 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 surveys were caught with 54, 59, 63, and 46 hours of gillnetting, 64, 67, 70, and 52 hours of trap netting, and 2, 1, 1, and 2 hours of electrofishing, respectively.
In addition to providing numerous opportunities for kids to catch fish, DePoorter Lake’s panfish prey base sup-ports predatory sportfish. Expansion of the panfish population allowed for higher numbers of predators, such as walleye, largemouth bass, and channel catfish, to be stocked (Figure 1). These elevated stocking rates should help satisfy angler’s desires to catch more of these species. The biggest walleye, largemouth bass, and channel catfish caught during the 2019 annual survey measured 17.40” (1.60 lb), 17.64” (2.95 lb), and 24.88” (10.74lb), respectively (Table 1).
About the Fish...
2016
2018
2017
2018 2019
2016
DePoorter Lake LAST UPDATED: MARCH 2020
FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA Mandi Brandt - Aquatic Biologist (Brush)
About the Fish... Table 1. Summary data for fish caught during the 2019 annual survey at De-Poorter Lake. Data are based on 46.1 hours of gillnetting, 52.1 hours of trap net-ting, and 1.7 hours of electrofishing.
