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<br />Reservoir Regulations and Opportunities <br /> <br />Guidelines for managing the recreation use on McPhee Reservoir <br />have been completed by the Forest Service. The guidelines are a <br />result of a 6 month planning effort which included extensive <br />public involvement through meetings, letters, and work sessions. <br />An advisory committee comprising of local residents provided <br />excellent input and will continue to assist the Forest Service in <br />the future. The guidelines include: <br /> <br />1. Camping within the McPhee Recreation Complex and the House <br />Creek Recreation area is allowed only within developed <br />campsites. <br /> <br />2. Camping will be allowed through-out the remaining reservoir <br />area. The standard 14 day stay limit will apply. <br /> <br />3. A "no-wake" zone is in effect on the three arms of the <br />reservoir. This restriction is designed to increase safety <br />and to emphasize activities such as fishing. The no-wake <br />zone will begin at the mouth of the House Creek and Dry <br />Canyon arms and approximately one and one half miles up the <br />Beaver Creek arm. Buoys designate the no-wake zones. <br /> <br />4. Campfires will be permitted outside of the developed sites. <br /> <br />1. Fishing <br /> <br />Fishing is a major activity on the reservoir and along the <br />shoreline. Fisherman access is provided at the two recreation <br />complexes and four parking sites around the reservoir. The <br />McPhee Complex provides parking, flush toilets, potable water, a <br />fish cleaning station and two courtesy docks. The House Creek <br />Complex provides parking, vault toilets and potable water and a <br />courtesy dock. <br /> <br />The Colorado Division of Wildlife is responsible for the <br />enforcement of state fishing laws. <br /> <br />MC PHEE RESERVOIR IS MANAGED AS A TWO STORY LAKE: THAT IS, <br />IT SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES OF BOTH COLD AND WARM WATER FISH. <br />NEARLY 450,000 THREE INCH MC CONAUGHY RAINBOW TROUT WILL BE <br />STOCKED ANNUALLY IN MC PHEE. INTRODUCTORY STOCKING OF <br />WARMWATER FISH SPECIES WILL BE DONE WHILE MC PHEE IS <br />FILLING. ONCE ESTABLISHED, WARMWATER FISH SPECIES SHOULD BE <br />ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR NUMBERS BY NATURAL REPRODUCTION WITH <br />NO FURTHER STOCKING REQUIRED. <br /> <br />THE MC CONAUGHY STRAIN OF RAINBOW TROUT WAS STOCKED IN MC <br />PHEE BECAUSE OF ITS GREATER TOLERANCE TO WARM WATER <br />CONDITIONS. THEY GROW TO A LARGE SIZE WHEN FORAGE FISH ARE <br />