7892

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7892
• Author: Elmblad, W. R., et al.
• Title: State of Colorado, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, Lake Management Plans For The Northwest Region.
• USFW Year: 1994.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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DUKE LAKE
~ I. Introduction
A. Physical parameters
1. Management category - #230 (Warmwater lakes < 100 ac)
~ 2. Drainage -Colorado River
3. Size - 6 surface acres
4. Location - 1 mile west of Grand Junction; Redlands Parkway and
Colorado River; T1 S, R1 W, Sec. 8; part of the Connected Lakes
project
5. Elevation - 4,580 feet
~ 6. Maximum depth - 12 feet
7. Inlet information -This lake is fed from groundwater and from a
diversion from the Redlands Power Canal.
8. Dike description -protected by a manmade berm shielded with
concrete rubble and covered by cobble size material in the area where
erosional forces from the river would be strongest. This berm was
~ intended to protect the lake from the river.
B. Physical Description: Duke Lake is an old gravel pit that lies in the
floodplain of the Colorado River. The lake is part of the Colorado State
Parks system.
~ C. Existing fish community -Largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, channel
catfish and black bullhead were present in 1993. Existing largemouth bass,
bluegill, black crappie, and black bullhead populations were augmented by
supplemental stocking in 1992 and 1993.
• II. Management strategy
A. Manage as a mixed species recreational fishery for largemouth bass,
bluegill, and channel catfish.
B. Special regulations should be adopted for providing a quality fishery for
~ largemouth bass (2 fish> 15") and to extend the annual yield of bluegill
(10 fish bag).
III. Stocking purpose and need
A. Rationale/Justification for selecting target species
~ 1. Increase fishing opportunity (Long Range Plans 12, 12.1, and 12.3 and
Regional Operations Plan FISH 0300(1).
2. Lake provides Warmwater fish habitat rather than Coldwater habitat.
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