Skagaway Reservoir

Cows+Lake


Some nice cloud reflection


JJ fishing


Me being blinded by the sun


The Sunrise

For the fourth of July T-mobile was closed, but Andre still had to work. So I decided to go fishing with my dad and two younger brothers JJ and David. I really wanted to bring my canoe, which I found for free, and just finished patching up. I even tried borrowing Yancy and Cathy’s truck but we couldn’t get it to work :( … (Next time).

My dad wanted to leave extremely early; 4:00 AM, he was convinced that leaving this early would ensure that we caught something. I usually don’t get to bed until around 3:00 AM because of my work schedule. So I ended up just not going to bed. This was a bad idea, and JJ did the exact same thing.

We left my house right at four, headed up into the mountains towards Victor, CO and went to Skagaway reservoir. I had never been there but was excited; it was kind of busy but not too bad considering that it was the fourth of July. It is a smaller lake but very pretty, it is surrounded by hills/mountains, and it feels kind of like something from a postcard.

On the way there we saw a herd of elk hanging out with some horses, which was really neat. We also came to a roadblock of cows that had managed to get off of their property, but they eventually moved. We got to Skagaway at about 5:30 AM and immediately started fishing. I know that there were fish there, because they were literally jumping out of the water-eating bugs. We even had live bait, but they just weren’t interested.

JJ and I eventually lost interest and started hiking around the lake, we saw two adult ducks with a baby duck, some prairie dogs, and several chipmunks. Toward the end of the lake we noticed a whole bunch of cows hanging out and drinking, this made us want to pet them. So we tried to get closer, but getting to the other side of the lake proved too difficult and we turned back (although it would have been a breeze with a canoe).

By the time we got back to where my dad and David were fishing it was almost nine and we had already been there over for three hours. Neither David nor my dad had caught anything either, so we just decided to go. At this point I was a bit grumpy and had been up for more than 24 hours, so I desperately wanted a shower and my soft bed.

We stopped for breakfast burritos and I finally got to bed at around eleven. It was a long day, but the lake was nice and I really want to get my canoe out there. The best part about this lake is that it is free unlike some other reservoirs out in CO. I definitely recommend it and will probably go back with my canoe sometime this summer.