GALLERY – Alpine Fishing Adventures

GALLERYCameron Barrie2023-03-28T08:15:22-06:00

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We offer ICE FISHING, FISHING BOAT CHARTERS, and FLY FISHING trips on Lake Dillon for fisherman of ALL skill levels. FAMILY FRIENDLY PRICING.

The ice conditions at Green Mountian are currentl

The ice conditions at Green Mountian are currently excellent with a foot or more of hard ice throughout the lake. It made for a great afternoon to check things out for this weekends trips and take the huskies for a run!

Congratulations to our guide Alec on this specimen

Congratulations to our guide Alec on this specimen of a lake trout.
The Eagle Claw Fishing 42” Cryo heavy action was the ice rod of choice to handle the battle with this lean and mean hard fighter!

Congratulations to Jillian on our first Arctic Cha

Congratulations to Jillian on our first Arctic Char catch of the season.
These next few weeks will be great timing for catching Arctic Char through the ice. Alpine Fishing Adventures is Colorado’s number one guide service for Arctic Char, so let us know if you’d like to come out and try for some!

Nice limit of Kokanee for Shiela and Sheena!

Nice limit of Kokanee for Shiela and Sheena!

Summit County Ice Report 11/21/24

Summit County Ice Report 11/21/24

After closing out the 2024 open water season with

After closing out the 2024 open water season with some epic trips, we’ve switched gears and are preparing for a new season of ice fishing! First stop will be at Lake Dillons Snake River Inlet for the Kokanee Salmon run.
Every year, Colorado’s ice fishing angers look forward to this first ice opportunity. The outlook is good this year with good water levels, making for plenty of space when the inlet freezes up here soon! We are hoping to be able to start our trips at least by around the 20th. Stay tuned for updates on when the inlet develops fishable ice!
And for those looking for a guided trip, mention this Facebook post and get $50 off for trips in November!

On a quick trip on Monday to run some gas out of t

On a quick trip on Monday to run some gas out of the boat before winterizing it, the incredible, magnificent, and spectacular Lake Dillon blessed me with the experience of reeling in one of her biggest Arctic Char.
I am very happy to have caught this apex fish and release it back into the lake that has always given me so much. I love this lake, and I am constantly thankful for what it provides me.
After sharing the photo, I figured people might ask, was it a record? How long? How much did it weigh? Well I don’t have the answers.
All I know, is that fish is back in there alive and well, and maybe someone else will get to experience a part of the love Lake Dillon has always given to me.
I am forever grateful to be able to share my love for the lake and show others what she has to offer.

We had an incredible 2024 open water season and ou

We had an incredible 2024 open water season and our last trip on Sunday was a great way to close it out! We went out with Fishing With Bernie guide Jake, and Jessica. They caught 8 or 9 Arctic Char, a whole mess of Kokanee Salmon, and then Jessica topped that off with a couple rianbow trout and a brown trout. And that gave her a Lake Dillon grand slam! Not only did she get the grand slam, she knocked three species off her list!
And there was something special thing about this trip. Arctic Char were stocked into Lake Dillon from 2007 through 2014 with funds that were donated to the CPW in honor and memory of Jake’s best friend Matt Daniels.
A huge thank you to the Daniels family for this amazing gift to the fishery that will keep on giving forever to the anglers of Lake Dillon!

A sneak peak at the most impressive Arctic Char I’ve seen come out of Lake Dillon. Stay tuned for more on this incredible fish!!

A sneak peak at the most impressive Arctic Char I’ve ever seen come out of Lake Dillon. Stay tuned for more about this incredible fish!

Hit us up between now and the end of the month for

Hit us up between now and the end of the month for some fast action on Kokanee Salmon and a chance at some big beautiful Arctic Char!

For most guides, fishing is just what we do. We fi

For most guides, fishing is just what we do. We fish when we are working, when we aren’t working, and on vacation to.
The week before last, Rachel and I took a five day trip to Lake Powell one of our guide boats, it’s a 22’ G3 Boats SunCatcher PontoonsV322F powered up with a 225hp Yamaha engine.
This boat was able to haul our fishing and camping gear, plus 40 gallons of extra gas and give us plenty of space to fish. We took a 65 mile run from Bullfrog marina and found ourselves in a fishing paradise!
We had a blast caching Striped Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish and a few Crappie and Bluegill.
All we needed for lures was the Eagle Claw Fishing teardrop jig heads on a 4”fluke. The combo of the realism of the eyeball, and the Pro-V hook design were deadly! On the channel cats we used the red octopus hooks and they didn’t miss.! The weather was perfect and we couldn’t have asked for a better chance to get away from fishing to fish!!

It was a lot of fun this morning to take Greg and

It was a lot of fun this morning to take Greg and Paul from Northland Fishing Tackle out on Lake Dillon to test out the Tungston Slim Spoon and the Tungston Buck Shot jigging spoons. Up until now, tungsten jigs have been pretty specific to ice fishing where fishing very small baits usually necessary. Today the test was to see how well the smaller baits were able to perform in deeper open water. We were able to send down jigs that are the size of a normal 1/16 ounce jig but weighed 1/4 and 3/8 ounce. it’s important to have a lure that gets down to the bottom fast when you get on top of the school, because the schools are usually moving. So when you get on them, you need the lures to get down fast. And often times, downsizing is a key to getting more bites. But when you’re fishing 80 feet deep and deeper, which is where we got the Kokanee today, downsizing usually is not an option because you need a heavy spoon to get down quickly and handle, dragging down all the line. Today these lures made it possible to do what a much larger jig does, and they were able to catch the deep salmon one right after the other! Take a look at the photo of the lures for size reference. Pictured is an 1/8 non-tungsten spoon on the top compared to the quarter ounce Northland tungsten jigging spoons. Less than Half the size and twice the weight!

Green Mountian lake levels are down about 30 feet

Green Mountian lake levels are down about 30 feet and counting, and the fall bite is in full swing. It was a beautiful day out with good numbers lake trout caught casting jerk baits in the in the shallow bays and cobble rock shorelines. That also produced a couple decent cutbows and pike!

Green Mountian lake levels are down about 30 feet

Green Mountian lake levels are down about 30 feet and counting, and the fall bite is in full swing. It was a beautiful day out with good numbers lake trout caught casting jerk baits in the in the shallow bays and cobble rock shorelines. That also produced a couple decent cutbows and pike!

It was a great day out trolling for Kokanee, We go

It was a great day out trolling for Kokanee, We got a variety of males, females, three year olds and four year olds in different pre-spawn colors!

Northern Pike, especially in Colorado, usually get

Northern Pike, especially in Colorado, usually get a pretty bad wrap. But man they are fun to fish for. Normally in shallow water, they can be seen and sight fished, they usually strike very hard, and almost always put up a really hard fight!
Congratulations to Randy on catching several of these beautiful mid sized Pike today!

If you would like to take a charter for Salmon or

If you would like to take a charter for Salmon or Arctic Char this fall.
Alpine Fishing Adventures is definitely who you want to call! Ask about my special pricing for our Facebook and Instagram followers!

If you like Osprey and/or birdwatching, here’s a

If you like Osprey and/or birdwatching, here’s a little treat for you! They rarely just let us sit and observe them at close distance. Having spent a lot of time on Lake Dillon and admiring these stellar birds of prey, this was a special encounter.
Osprey are the fastest diving bird of prey, and they can submerge to over 3 feet deep to catch fish. Osprey from Lake Dillon were GPS tagged and in the fall they flew directly west to the California coast. And then they followed the coast line all the way down to past the Panama Canal, and then returned back to Lake Dillon in the spring. Truly incredible animals!

Jack first showed up on my boat 7 years ago when h

Jack first showed up on my boat 7 years ago when he was 8. He got got his first fish and was real skeptical and timid about grabbing a hold of that little trout.
His dad Mark and I gave him a little encouragement and he still didn’t want to pick that fish up. Normally, I just let it go in these situations but some thing about Jack, made me want to talk him in to grabbing that fish. I clearly remember Jack, looking up at me, taking a deep breath, and grabbing that fish. It’s stuck out to me as a display of courage from a young kid. After that, I took a liking to Mark and Jack and we have become friends.
I don’t think Jack was too far over a few feet tall when I met him. And today he showed up on my boat at 6’2” and and ready to start football season. He said he wanted to play free safety because he wanted to be in the action and he wanted to be the guy that was doing the hitting. I thought this is pretty awesome. Given that o remember an 8 year old kid who was a bit timid and didn’t want to hold a little trout.
Today Jack, realed in a gnarly hard fighting pike that was going nuts when it hit the deck. But Jack didn’t even flinch ANC’s grabbed a hold of that toothy pike like a boss!
These are the kind of days that mamw my job fantastic! Thank you Mark and Jack for all the great days out on the water. And I’m looking forward to many more to come!

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