ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — The body of a deceased ice fisherman was pulled from the Cherry Creek Reservoir on Tuesday afternoon.
Ginger Delgado, public information officer with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, said around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, two fishermen came to the Cherry Creek Reservoir near the spillway.
“And as they were preparing to fish, they saw a cooler floating in the water, about 50 to 75 feet from shore,” she said.
When they went to grab it, they pulled and saw a deceased man hanging onto the cooler, Delgado said. The fishermen were able to drag the body to shore and call state park rangers. First responders pulled ice fishing gear out of the water as well…