Glenwood Springs Fish Hatchery

Glenwood Springs Fish Hatchery This is a Colorado state managed cold water fish hatchery facility that raises rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, kokanee salmon, and arctic grayling.

Each year we stock around 3 million sub-catchable fish in the waters of northwest Colorado.

12/19/2022

Kremmling, Colo. - Colorado Parks and Wildlife is celebrating its third most successful year of kokanee salmon spawning at Wolford Reservoir, near Kremmling. 

Wrapping up stocking season at beautiful Maroon Lake.
10/27/2022

Wrapping up stocking season at beautiful Maroon Lake.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees began the brown trout spawning operation at North Delaney Butte on Wednesday. The...
10/06/2022

Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees began the brown trout spawning operation at North Delaney Butte on Wednesday. The eggs collected on Wednesday were transported to our hatchery for incubation. In approximately one month the eggs will be ready to ship to other CPW hatcheries to be hatched, raised and stocked in Colorado waters in 2023.

Over the past couple weeks, our staff has collected Gunnison River Rainbow Trout eggs from the East Portal on the Gunnis...
05/03/2021

Over the past couple weeks, our staff has collected Gunnison River Rainbow Trout eggs from the East Portal on the Gunnison river. We use these eggs for brood stock to replenish genetic diversity in the fish that we produce.

We stocked 1800 Rainbow Trout into the Arkansas River last week. These fish were stocked up stream of Cotopaxi at Canyon...
03/22/2021

We stocked 1800 Rainbow Trout into the Arkansas River last week. These fish were stocked up stream of Cotopaxi at Canyon Trading Post access site. These fish were brood stock at the hatchery that have served their purpose here. Good luck angling for these beautiful rainbows!

03/08/2021

Late Winter and Spring are our busiest time of the year at the hatchery. Every week our fish are sorted and are spawned when the eggs are loose inside the fish. In this video, we are spawning Gunnison River Rainbow Trout, which are a brood stock that we have on site at the hatchery. Gunnison River Rainbow Trout are susceptible to whirling disease so we cross breed them with a Hofer Rainbow Trout which is a whirling disease resistant strain of Rainbow Trout. By cross breeding these two strains, we introduce the Whirling Disease resistant genetics of the Hofer strain into Colorado's rivers all while keeping the genetics of the Gunnison River Rainbow Trout that have adapted to flourish in this Region. For more information about whirling disease in Colorado, visit: https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/WhirlingDisease.aspx

We stocked 410 Gunnison River Rainbow Trout into the Gunnison River today at Pleasure Park. These fish were an average ...
02/23/2021

We stocked 410 Gunnison River Rainbow Trout into the Gunnison River today at Pleasure Park. These fish were an average of 12 inches long and were excess brood stock fish that have served their purpose in the hatchery. Interesting fact, unlike most of the rainbows we stock, which come from domestic brood stock we have on site at the Glenwood Hatchery, these rainbows were the result of a wild egg take on the Gunnison about 25 miles upstream of this stocking location. These fish are now back in the same water that they originated from.

Have you ever wondered how we count all of the eggs that we bring into the hatchery? Since we handle millions of eggs p...
01/29/2021

Have you ever wondered how we count all of the eggs that we bring into the hatchery? Since we handle millions of eggs per year, counting each one of them is not an option, so we make a close estimate using a Von Bayer Trough. We can figure out the number of eggs per ounce based on the size of the eggs. Egg size is measured by counting the number of eggs that fit into the Von Bayer Trough. In the case of the Kokanee eggs pictured below, 60 eggs fit into the trough which gives us an estimate of 238 eggs per liquid ounce. We use this technique to estimate how many eggs and thus, how many fish we will have to stock out in Colorado waters.

Our first groups of Kokanee Salmon are beginning to hatch. These fish will end up in Lake Granby when we stock them in ...
01/04/2021

Our first groups of Kokanee Salmon are beginning to hatch. These fish will end up in Lake Granby when we stock them in June.

Kokanee Spawn is all wrapped up for the year at the Glenwood Springs Fish Hatchery. In a few short weeks, the first gro...
12/11/2020

Kokanee Spawn is all wrapped up for the year at the Glenwood Springs Fish Hatchery. In a few short weeks, the first group of Kokanee eggs will begin hatching. This jar contains approximately 28,560 eggs!

The Visitors Center at the Hatchery remains closed at this time, however the outdoor areas of the hatchery are open to the public.

One of our many beautiful fish!
05/05/2020

One of our many beautiful fish!

The show must go on here at the hatchery! We are getting ready to spawn our very special, genetically pure strain, Lake...
03/22/2020

The show must go on here at the hatchery! We are getting ready to spawn our very special, genetically pure strain, Lake Nanita western cutthroat trout. Here's what they look like!

Address

1362 132 Road
Glenwood Springs, CO
81602

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 7am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 3:30pm
Thursday 7am - 3:30pm
Friday 7am - 3:30pm
Saturday 7am - 3:30pm
Sunday 7am - 3:30pm

Telephone

+19709455293

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