Colorado anglers fear drought will make it ‘hard to keep fish alive’ this summer

Colorado anglers fear drought will make it ‘hard to keep fish alive’ this summer

Colorado’s trout fisheries could face a difficult summer, impacting the state’s billion-dollar angling industry, as widespread drought conditions drive predictions that streamflows will be well below-average. Kirk Klancke, the president of the Colorado Headwaters Chapter of Trout Unlimited, said he is concerned that the drought will stress fisheries this summer, especially if temperatures are anywhere near as elevated as they were this winter. “…