Mandatory fishing closure starts Thursday on Yampa River below Stagecoach Reservoir

Mandatory fishing closure starts Thursday on Yampa River below Stagecoach Reservoir

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is enforcing a mandatory full-day fishing closure on a 0.6-mile stretch of the Yampa River from the Stagecoach Reservoir dam downstream to the lower boundary of Stagecoach State Park starting Thursday, Oct. 2 through spring 2026, according to a statement released on Tuesday.  This action responds to very low water flow from Stagecoach Reservoir, which concentrates fish in shrinking pools, raising stress and vulnerabil…