Lake Granby fishing

Lake Granby fishing is on a reservoir. No species or stocking events are on the current agency reports yet.

Lake Granby
Photo: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0
Last stocked
Not in these reports
Plants on record
0
Species recorded
0
Surface acres
7,250

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Boat ramp
Yes
Facilities
restrooms, camping, dock

One of Colorado's largest coldwater reservoirs, with 3 boat ramps, 260 campsites, and two aquatic-nuisance-species inspection stations (Sunset Point and Stillwater). Beacon Landing Marina offers boat rentals and guided lake trout charters.

Other places to fish at Lake Granby

Columbine Bay

An inlet area upstream from Twin Creek that CPW names as one of the lake's specific fishing locations. (cpw.state.co.us, accessed September 25, 2026)

Sunset Point

One of two aquatic-nuisance-species boat inspection stations on the lake, per Colorado Parks and Wildlife. (cpw.state.co.us, accessed September 25, 2026)

Stillwater

The lake's other ANS boat inspection station, alongside Sunset Point. (cpw.state.co.us, accessed September 25, 2026)

Beacon Landing Marina

A full-service marina offering boat rentals, a bait and tackle shop, and guided lake trout charters run under a US Forest Service special-use permit. (beaconlanding.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

About Lake Granby

inside the Arapaho National Recreation Area and designated a CPW Quality Waters location. CPW says it holds the highest density of lake trout in the state. fed by abundant Mysis shrimp and complex bottom habitat; annual gillnet surveys from 2018-2021 found lake trout catches ranging from 3.7 to 78.8 fish per survey and rainbow trout from 10.3 to 45.2. At up to 7,250 acres with 40 miles of shoreline and a maximum depth of 220 feet. Lake Granby is one of Colorado's largest coldwater reservoirs. with considerable year-to-year variation.

Photo of Lake Granby
Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo of Lake Granby
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0
Photo of Lake Granby
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0

Nearest lakes

Camping near Lake Granby

Campgrounds within 15 miles of Lake Granby's mapped point, nearest first: Stillwater camping (2.5 miles), Cutthroat Bay Group Campground (3 miles), Green Ridge camping (4.2 miles), Willow Creek Group camping (4.6 miles), and Arapaho Bay camping (5.8 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.

Straight-line distances.

Public land at Lake Granby

Lake Granby is inside Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Sources