Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery - Rifle, CO
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Outspoken1
N 39° 41.719 W 107° 42.050
13S E 268420 N 4397428
Located up Rifle Canyon, this hatchery breeds several varieties of trout. There is ample parking and a picnic area outside of the hatchery.
Waymark Code: WMP8WM
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2015
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"The Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery is a cold water hatchery producing fingerlings and catchables of rainbow, Snake River cutthroat, brook, brown, and cutthroat trout. It is also the largest state-owned and operated trout production hatchery in Colorado!
Rifle Falls stocks stream sections, lakes, and reservoirs in western Colorado, and provides catchable trout for stocking along the Front range. Cutthroat trout are also raised for aerial stocking." (from (
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Bring quarters and cups to buy and hold the fish food to feed the fish. The hatchery is open 8 am to 4 pm, year round. There is a self-guided visitor center with restrooms. Volunteers offer tours in the summer months. I have uploaded a video of feeding the fish at (
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