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Catch and Release Fishing The best opportunities to fish for Greenbacks are concentrated in the upper South Platte basin in Rocky Mountain National Park, where a majority of the early restoration projects were completed. Park lakes where the fish can be caught and released include Upper, Middle, and Lower Hutcheson, Pear, Ouzel, Sandbeach, Fern, Odessa, Spruce, Loomis, Dream, Lilly, Lawn, Big Crystal, Lost, Husted, and Louise. Fishable stream populations in the park include Cony, Ouzel, Fern, and Hidden Valley creeks, the Roaring River above Fall River, and the North Fork of the Big Thompson above Lost Falls. Outside the park in Arapaho Roosevelt National Forest they are found in Sheep Creek and Zimmerman Reservoir. In the Arkansas drainage, opportunities to catch Greenbacks are concentrated in Pike National Forest and the Mt. Massive Wilderness area above Leadville, including Virginia, Timberline, Rainbow, Native, and Swamp lakes, and Lake Fork and Rock creeks. Except for Rock Creek, just a mile above the Leadville Fish Hatchery parking lot, most of these headwaters are a two or three hour hike in and would be recommended only for the fit and exceptionally interested, perhaps as an adjunct to a multi-day trip to a broader region.