AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — What started out as a cold and still morning on the water at Cherry Creek Reservoir soon turned into a fish frenzy.
It’s all part of their annual baby fish-making program designed to do one thing, make a whole lot of walleye for anglers. Can’t the fish just do this on their own?
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“Sure they do it on their own but not in large enough numbers to make the anglers happy,” said Kara Van Hoose, Colorado Parks and Wildlife public information officer.
Fishing in Colorado is big business. A $2 billion industry. That’s why Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is helping nature along in making more fish to fry. First, CPW caught hundreds of male and female walleye using nets…