Fishing in Grand Lake, any advice?

I will be staying in Grand Lake CO Wednesday and Thursday nights and thought I might have time to fish.

I will have my family with me so shore fishing and relatively easy access for my 2 year old is the target. I prefer to fly fish, but it's getting late season and I'm not afraid of spoons, streamers, or rapalas. I would prefer not to bait fish because I don't plan on keeping anything.

If anyone knows the area I would appreciate advice on where to go. I will probably ask at the local fly fishing shop for advice as well, but I'd appreciate any insights from the guys out there getting it done.

I'm not asking for a honey hole here, but a general area, lake or river, and what species to target will be mighty helpful.

I have no advice to offer but seek advice.

My wife and I are looking to stay in/very near Grand Lake for a few days in early November to celebrate our anniversary. We're looking for a nice, yet affordable, place to stay (a hot tub or even a Jacuzzi and/or even a fireplace in the room would be a big plus).

Having never stayed there before I'm having to rely on Google only and don't know how much I can trust from the web.

Anyone have any suggestions?

There is a hot springs with lodging a few miles past Granby. Hot Sulphur Springs?

We're staying at the gateway inn. Mostly blind as well, but we didn't have a choice. This was the last place with a vacancy this week. It's no frills, but clean and friendly. There's a bunch of locals in the bar for happy hour, which is Good sign in my opinion.

The locals told me to go to the hot sulfer springs area to fish. They said there's good public access all around there.

Don't ignore Shadow Mountain Reservoir or Lake Granby either.

Vrbo.com gets you more than a hotel and similar pricing in my experience.

Haven’t fished grand.

If it was me I would be tossing tube jigs in the 3.5" range ( white, salt and pepper, or green/pumpkin) and bouncing it back like a darting crayfish.

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Originally Posted by ferrum

If it was me I would be tossing tube jigs in the 3.5" range ( white, salt and pepper, or green/pumpkin) and bouncing it back like a darting crayfish.

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Maybe mix in a little pink/blue and trout in bigger lakes in Grand county will hit one of them.

Location wise, pick a lake and drive around a little, see what works for time available and easy access.

Just so you know, Grand Lake is the deepest natural lake in the state, while the deepest part of Shadow Mountain Reservoir is 36', with an average depth of 13'. I assume that depth means something for fishing, but I don't know enough myself to make a suggestion. Hopefully that's useful info.