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Best yellow perch lakes in Colorado

24 Colorado waters list yellow perch (official records or labelled estimates), 2 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

1. McPhee Reservoir — 262 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
2. Eleven Mile Res — 135 ft max · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Common CarpWhy #2: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
3. Horsetooth Reservoir — 188 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #3: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 6 public access sites
4. Pueblo Reservoir — 129 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
5. Ruedi Reservoir — 246 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brown TroutWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
6. Chatfield Reservoir — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
7. Boyd Lake — 16 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
8. Trinidad Reservoir — 70 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, SaugeyeWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
9. Carter Lake — 180 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill, Rainbow TroutWhy #9: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
10. Standley Lake — 96 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
11. Spinney Mtn Res — 46 ft max · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown TroutWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
12. Union Reservoir — 28 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #12: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
13. Arvada Reservoir — 60 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Rainbow TroutWhy #13: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
14. Mack Mesa Lake — 50 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #14: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
15. Jim Baker Reservoir — 24 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #15: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
16. Estes Lake — 43 ft max · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Brown TroutWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
17. Boulder City Reservoir — 20 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, BluegillWhy #17: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
18. Lon Hagler Reservoir — 24 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #18: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites

…plus 6 more Colorado waters holding yellow perch.

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When to fish yellow perch in Colorado

• Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
• Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.

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