![A man waist deep in water holding a silver fish and his fishing rod](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_600/public/2021-01/usfws_89926584.jpg?itok=OtCwetXY)
The Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery office is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. It is closed on federal holidays. The hatchery fishing grounds are open from sunup to sundown, with no overnight stays or camping, year-round. Trout fishing is allowed in the North Fork of the Gunnison River, access to the river via hatchery grounds is permitted only west and downstream of the hatchery raceways. A dirt road leads to the fishing area, which includes a primitive parking lot.
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