Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 25, February, 2019 Happy Monday! Weather has been beautiful the last several days here at Lake John. Very busy Saturday and Sunday this past weekend (pictures attached). Lake John: 22-24” ice with 6-10” snow cover with drifting near the edges. Fishing activity depends on who we talk to… some people doing pretty well and others coming up empty handed. The most success seems to be coming early morning and late evening fishing with very slow

Ice Fishing/Conditions Report Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 01, January, 2019 Happy New Year!! We hope that your holidays are going well. We are now preparing for the Lake John and Cowdrey ice fishing tournament that is quickly approaching us on January 12th and 13th. This past week our average low temperature was 5 degrees and our average high temperature was 27 degrees. We’ve seen calmer days this past week from the wind, with an average of 18 mph. We do have some p

Ice Fishing/Conditions Report Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 03, December, 2018 This past weekend was a great weekend of ice fishing with beautiful days and very little wind. As of this afternoon here are the ice measurements: Lake John: 8” ice with 3” snow cover with drifting near the edges, fishing very active with a wide range of size 12”-19”. The following items have been doing well on Lake John this past weekend: wax & meal worms, white atomic teasers, jigs in the

Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 26, March, 2018 Hello! Open water fishing is currently in progress on the north end, west side and south boat ramp of Lake John. A small boat or personal water craft would be acceptable. The very far southeast corner still had ice fisherman yesterday, but the ice is melting quickly. Fishing has been more active with powerbait off the bottom then lures for the last couple of days. The west side perimeters of North and South Delaney are ope

Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes Good afternoon! With the Front Range receiving ever increasing spring-like conditions, we are getting more and more calls inquiring about ice and/or open water. The weather in North Park has turned a little more spring-like, teasing us with a real nice day or two each week and temperatures increasing much more this coming week. This past week our average low temperature was 16 degrees and our average high temperature was 38 degrees. The a

Fishing/ Ice Conditions Report Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 29, January, 2018 Not much change over the past week at the lakes. This past week our average low temperature was 13 degrees and our average high temperature was 31 degrees. Our wind average this past week was 32 mph. The roads are accessible to Lake John, Cowdrey and the Delaney Buttes as of today January 29, 2018. Access to Big Creek Lake is still only being done by snowmobile. Lake John’s ice is 18” deep