Sportfishing Notes Good lures for largemouths are rubber worms, spinner- baits, and topwater lures. If you’re trying to get your kids to catch bass, try using minnows hooked through the lips, fished about 3 feet below a bobber. For Crappie, minnows are probably the best bait. Try a minnow on a bare hook below a bobber, or with a small crappie jig. General Information: Mckay Lake, a 50-acre reservoir, offers fishing for largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, and white crappie. Location: West 144th Avenue and Zuni Street. Recreational Management: Westminster Parks and Recreation www.ci.westminster.co.us Fishery Management: Warmwater species. Annual Survey Data: (see page 2) Fishing Regulations General regulations apply Mckay Lake FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA Paul Winkle, Aquatic Biologist, Denver [email protected] / 303-291-7232 Amenities and General Info. Restrooms Multi-use Trail Bicycle Park Playground Previous Stocking Mckay Lake is not currently stocked. Natural reproduc- tion for Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Crappie is suf- ficient to support their pop- ulations.
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Sportfishing Notes
Good lures for largemouths are rubber worms, spinner-baits, and topwater lures.
If you’re trying to get your kids to catch bass, try using minnows hooked through the lips, fished about 3 feet below a bobber.
For Crappie, minnows are probably the best bait. Try a minnow on a bare hook below a bobber, or with a small crappie jig.
General Information: Mckay Lake, a 50-acre reservoir, offers fishing for largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, and white crappie. Location: West 144th Avenue and Zuni Street. Recreational Management: Westminster Parks and Recreation www.ci.westminster.co.us Fishery Management: Warmwater species. Annual Survey Data: (see page 2)
Fishing Regulations
General regulations apply
Mckay Lake
FISH SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT DATA Paul Winkle, Aquatic Biologist, Denver [email protected] / 303-291-7232
Amenities and General Info. Restrooms Multi-use Trail Bicycle Park Playground
Previous Stocking Mckay Lake is not currently
stocked. Natural reproduc-tion for Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Crappie is suf-ficient to support their pop-ulations.
The figure to the left shows the per-cent relative abundance of the most abundant species in the 2019 col-lections at Westminster City Park Pond. Surveys here included the use of boat electrofishing and trap-netting. The 2019 results show that Largemouth Bass comprised the largest percentage (31%) followed by Black Crappie (26%) and Bluegill (25%). Common Carp also com-prised a significant portion of the sample.
The figure below shows the length frequencies of Largemouth Bass and Bluegill collected in 2019 at McKay Lake. The vertical bars represent the number of fish at a particular length. Largemouth Bass covered a wide range of sizes, indicating a balanced population. The biggest bass collected measured 22” in length and weighed 3.5 pounds. The Bluegill population showed good numbers of fish in the 5-7” size range, providing a great opportunity for kids to learn to catch fish.
