Alpine Fishing Adventures

06/19/2026

The fishing report at Dillon is good to excellent! The Arctic Char bite remains steady. The Cutbows are on fire and we’ve begun the shallow water jig bite for the Kokanee. Liam made his rounds today and hammered the trout and salmon, putting a limit in the boat. And he picked up a nice Arctic Char!

06/18/2026

This is my favorite rock on Dillon Reservoir. I call him Nucci, a name inspired by the Ute people who once called this land home. Nucci means indigenous peoples in Ute language.
From his perch, Nucci watches over the reservoir with incredible views of the Tenmile and Gore Ranges. Behind him lie the Williams Fork Range, Tenderfoot Mountain and Keystone.
The cliffs that make up Nucci were formed roughly 65 million years ago, but who knows how long wind, water, ice, and time worked together to carve his face and what looks like a headdress. Hundreds of years? Thousands? Maybe even longer.
Sometimes I wish I could bring Nucci to life for just one evening, sit beside a campfire, and listen to the stories he’s witnessed over countless generations. I can only imagine the history he’d have to tell.

06/17/2026

The bite was on 🔥 at Dillon today. Several doubles and a quadruple hookup put a 2 man limit of 8 cutbows in the boat in less than half hour!

06/14/2026

This healthy Arctic char is a great example of what happens when fish have an abundant food source. Arctic char in Dillon Reservoir feed heavily on mysis shrimp—tiny freshwater shrimp packed with protein, healthy fats, and essential nutrients. This rich forage helps them stay healthy and develop the beautiful colors that make them such an incredible fish.

06/03/2026

Always a pleasure to talk fishing with Terry Wickstrom Outdoors on 104.3 The Fan.
In this segment, I give information and an update on the water levels at Dillon Reservoir and Green Mountain. We talked about the Dillon Arctic Char and Brown Trout and then I give some information about how we have been catching the fish at both reservoirs.

 In the next segment of Terry Wickstrom Outdoors, Randy Ford joins the show to discuss updates for Lake Dillon and Green Mountain Reservoir.

06/01/2026

Nice specimen of an Arctic Char at Dillon Reservoir on a spectacular morning!

05/28/2026

On a lot of trolling charters — and honestly most of the ones I’ve seen — the guide does everything. They set all the lines, run the gear, pull rods out of the holders, and the clients mostly sit back sightseeing while waiting for a bite.

That’s not how we do things.

On our trolling charters, we encourage our customers to be part of the action. You’ll learn how to set lines, run the downriggers, and fight the fish yourself. It’s always a blast when we get a crew that picks it up quickly and works together as a team to get fish in the boat.

Today’s crew did exactly that and crushed it.

The rainbow trout were hitting our flatline rods right on the surface, along with the lead core setup running about 15 feet down. Then they picked up a bunch of lake trout down around 45 feet on the downriggers.
After a few hours trolling, they did some casting along the shorelines and picked up a few more rainbow trout and a brown trout. 
Another productive early summer day on the water, plenty of fish in the boat, and a crew that got the full hands-on experience.

The good early summer bite should last through the next few weeks so hit us up if you want in on the action!

05/25/2026

It was another fast action multi species day for Drew’s birthday with 25 fish caught and more bags of beautiful filets harvested!

05/24/2026

We clean the catch at the lake so our customers can leave with some delicious fillets for the pan, grill, oven or smoker🔥

05/24/2026

After the morning trip today at Green Mountian I headed over to Dillon for the afternoon to take Justin out who drove up from New Mexico to target Arctic Char. The bite was on and his mission was accomplished with a dozen Arctic Char In a variety of colors and size ranging from 13’ to the largest at 20 1/2”!