STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The voluntary ban on fishing in the town stretch of the Yampa River that lasted for 72 days has been lifted with the arrival of September and a taste of autumn.
Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife fisheries biologist Billy Atkinson confirmed Friday afternoon that his staff would begin taking down the signs that warn river users of the ban, and fishing resumed Saturday morning on the stretch of the Yampa from the Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area downstream through city limits.
Atkinson said he made the decision after consulting with reservoir managers and water districts upstream from Steamboat and because daily high temperatures have moderated. Fishing in town is by flies and lures only, and all fish must be returned unharmed to the water.
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