Turquoise Lake (Abe Lee Fishing Site)
CPW set nets here in 2017 and caught 416 fish, most of them brown trout. TroutTips researches Rainbow Trout and Brook Trout at this water.
- Elevation
- 9,854 ftUSGS 3DEP at the mapped access point
- Approach
- Roadside or park access
- Last netted
- 2017gillnetting survey
- Fish in the net
- 41631.7% sport fish
- Most caught
- Brown Trout100 fish
- Longest measured
- 27.3″Brown Trout
- County
- LakeColorado
- Coordinates
- 39.2651, -106.3654Access point TroutTips uses
What was in the net
| Species | Caught | Share | Mean | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longnose Sucker | 235 | 56.5% | 12.4″ | 5–16.4″ |
| Brown Trout | 100 | 24% | 11.1″ | 7–27.3″ |
| Lake Trout | 18 | 4.3% | 15.5″ | 8–26″ |
| Rainbow Trout | 14 | 3.4% | 11.2″ | 9.3–14″ |
| White Sucker | 49 | 11.8% | 14.6″ | 6.9–20.5″ |
CPW survey summary (PDF) · survey data extracted 2026-10-18
A survey count is not a catch rate. These fish were handled by biologists, not caught by anglers. A species missing from the table was not caught in those nets, which is not the same as absent from the lake. Mesh selects for a size range, and CPW states that Kokanee Salmon in particular are “difficult to capture and monitor with gillnet surveys”.
What CPW has stocked
The most recent stocking years CPW listed in this report. Years CPW did not list are not shown, and absence from this table is not evidence that nothing went in.
| Year | What went in |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
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How far it is
| From | Drive | By road |
|---|---|---|
| Denver | 2 hr 30 min | 114 miles |
| Alamosa | 2 hr 53 min | 135 miles |
| Steamboat Springs | 2 hr 54 min | 128 miles |
| Colorado Springs | 2 hr 58 min | 132 miles |
| Fort Collins | 3 hr 21 min | 162 miles |
| Grand Junction | 3 hr 22 min | 177 miles |
| Pueblo | 3 hr 26 min | 158 miles |
| Durango | 5 hr 33 min | 252 miles |
Driving times along the road network to the access point TroutTips uses, not straight-line distance.
Fishing it
This page is the survey record: what was in the net, and when. Access, regulations, seasonal timing and what the approach actually involves are in the planner, alongside the drive from your own town.
See Rainbow Trout outings in Lake CountyOther surveyed lakes nearby
By road from Leadville, the town closest to this water.
- Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir 339 fish netted 2019
- Twin Lakes Reservoirs 448 fish netted 2019
- Taylor Park Reservoir (boat ramp shoreline) 208 fish netted 2022
- Crater Lakes (James Peak Wilderness) 100 fish netted 2023