Rules & Regulations
Cast net laws in Colorado
Effectively illegal / not a recognized methodInformational only — this is not legal advice
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Last verified: 2026-07-08 — regulations are re-checked periodically; see the date above before assuming this is current.
Summary
Colorado's regulations never use the term "cast net." General baitfish-collection rules (seines, traps, dip nets) are tightly restricted to limited standing waters and a fixed species list, and cast nets don't appear among the authorized gear.
Size, mesh & licensing
- Max size
- Not specified
- Mesh
- Not specified
- Water type
- Freshwater only
- License
- Yes, for the gear types that are authorized
Recommended BasicGear net
No recommendation — Cast nets don't appear as an authorized baitfish-collection method anywhere in Colorado's regulations — treat this as effectively unauthorized and confirm directly with Colorado Parks & Wildlife before using one.
Official source
Several official PDFs returned access errors on direct fetch; absence of the term "cast net" was confirmed across all sources we could reach.
Last verified: 2026-07-08
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