Colorado Lakes and Reservoirs. Fishing and Boating Guide. 2008, 9th edition, paperback, 216 pages, published by Outdoor Books & Maps (Adler Publishing Company, Inc.). Colorado’s landscape is speckled with hundreds of natural and man-made lakes. This guide provides detailed information about 160 of those lakes and reservoirs. Its pages contain vital information that profiles these locations, including driving directions, maps, fishing regulations, lake size, fish species, boating ramps, camping facilities, contact information, and much more. The NEW 2008 edition contains completely updated information, in addition to dozens of new photographs.

This book provides invaluable information for paddlers in Colorado. It is 9th edition and 3rd version I bought. I own also 4th and 7th editions.

160 bigger lakes are provided with a detailed descriptions and maps and many more are listed with just a short information. Some of my paddling waters in northern Colorado like Boedecker Reservoir near Loveland or Douglas Lake at Fort Collins can be found only in the index. There are still smaller lakes and ponds suitable for paddling like my Beaver Pond at Arapaho Bend Natural Area which are not mentioned at all.

I have a pretty good knowledge of my local paddling waters, but this book makes me looking at some more distance paddling locations, especially, in the mountain Colorado.