Sportfishing Notes

Largemouth Bass Good lures for largemouths

are rubber worms, spinner-baits, and topwater lures.

Saugeye

Try crankbaits such as Rattle-traps in open water.

Yellow Perch

Try small twister tail jigs 2-3 feet below a bobber

General Information: Tabor Lake, a 25 acre reservoir , offers fishing for saugeye, largemouth bass, channel catfish, rainbow trout, and yellow perch. Location: Parking lot is in Prospect Park, 0.8 miles west of Kipling on the south side of W. 44th Ave-nue. From the parking lot take the Clear Creek bike path west about 300 yards, Tabor Lake is on the north side of the bike path. Recreational Management: Wheat Ridge Parks and Recreation www.ci.wheatridge.co.us Fishery Management: Warmwater species. Annual Survey Data: (see page 2)

Fishing Regulations

Minimum size for bass is 15 inches.

Tabor Lake

FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA Paul Winkle, Aquatic Biologist, Denver paul.winkle@state.co.us / 303-291-7232

Amenities and General Info.

Bike path Open dawn to dusk Non-motorized boats al-

lowed

Previous Stocking 2019

Channel Catfish Saugeye

2018 Rainbow Trout Saugeye

2017

Rainbow Trout Channel Catfish Saugeye

2016 Saugeye

2015 Rainbow Trout Channel Catfish Saugeye

2014 Rainbow Trout Channel Catfish Saugeye

2013 Rainbow Trout Saugeye

2012 Rainbow Trout Channel Catfish Saugeye

The figure to the left shows the per-cent relative abundance of the most common species in the 2014 collec-tions at Tabor Lake. Gillnets wee the only gear used in 2014 due to lightning the evening that boat elec-trofishing was to be conducted. The 2014 results show that saugeye comprised the largest percentage (34%) followed by yellow perch (22%) channel catfish (19%) and largemouth bass (12%). Other spe-cies collected included black crap-pie, bluegill and green sunfish. Bass and bluegill would have been more abundant in the sample if electrofishing were conducted.

Tabor Lake

FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA

Paul Winkle, Aquatic Biologist, Denver

paul.winkle@state.co.us / 303-291-7232

The figure below shows the length frequencies of yellow perch, saugeye, largemouth bass, and channel catfish collected in 2014 at Tabor Lake. The vertical bars represent the number of fish at a particular length. Saugeye up to 26” (6 lbs) and channel catfish up to 25” (6.4 lbs) were collected in 2014. A couple of largemouth bass in the 14-15” size range were also collected. As stated above, bass of all sizes would have been more abundant in the collections if electrofishing was conducted. The same goes for yellow perch and the smaller sized saugeye. A wide range of size classes for a particular species points to a balanced population.

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Tabor Lake 2014 Fish Survey(Gill Nets Only)

Channel Catfish

Largemouth Bass

Saugeye

Yellow Perch

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Tabor Lake 2014 Length Frequencies

Yellow Perch

Saugeye

Largemouth Bass

Channel Catfish