Hermit Lakes FAQ's

➤ Each membership fish quota shall be 100 fish per fiscal year. Fish caught by a guest shall be part of the member’s annual allocation. The count will include all canned, smoked, and/or fish eaten at Hermit Lakes. No members or guests shall be permitted to fill another member’s quota.

➤ All guests 17 years of age and younger are allowed to fish for free.

➤ A guest 18 years of age or older must pay $8.00 for each day or part of a day that they put a line in the water. Even when they do not catch a fish, they still have to pay. A guest will only be allowed to leave Hermit Lake’s property with 8 fish in any one visit.

➤ Guests under 14 years of age will only be allowed to leave with 4 fish per visit.

➤ If a guest owes fishing fees, or is checking out with fish, the sponsoring member must accompany the guest to the office when they check out and pay the fishing fee. Fees will not be accepted from the guests. The Caretakers have the authority to check both members and guests’ fish when leaving the premises.

➤ Please dispose of fish guts and parts in the lake in which the fish were caught or bury them. Do not place any fish parts in the dumpsters or trash cans.

➤ A report must be made at the office of all fish kept and game killed on Hermit Lake’s property. For those members who do not hold a valid Colorado Fishing License, the Caretakers will issue a fish permit. This is for those members in route home who may be stopped by a law-enforcement official or Game Warden. Children under 14 do not need a permit.

➤ Absolutely No Live Minnows, No Suckers or Sucker parts, or illegal devices are permitted in the lakes or steams.

➤ There shall be no speed boating, Sea-Doos, or water-skiing permitted on the lakes.

➤ Lakes 3, 3 1/2, 4 and 5 are closed to all fishing.

➤ All members and their guests shall register at the office in the master book and the daily log when initially arriving and when leaving at the end of their stay.

➤ Members and guests are not required to sign out on the daily log when leaving for a day trip, but are required to sign in on the daily log when returning from a day trip.

➤ Members are responsible for informing their guests of this sign in and out procedure and for checking to make certain that this rule is followed.

➤ A member must sponsor ALL guests.

➤ Members must notify the caretakers if they have guests arriving unless: 1) they are meeting the guests at the gate when the guest arrives or2)they arrive with the guest.

➤ Members are personally responsible for the conduct and activities of their guests at all times. Should a member need to leave the canyon during the day, the adult guests need not be sponsored while the member is absent.

➤ Guests may enter/leave and/or stay at a member’s site during the day.

➤ If the sponsoring member leaves the grounds overnight and signs out, the member must find another member to sponsor the guest or the guest must also sign out with the member.

➤ Guests are not allowed on the property unsponsored or unannounced. If a member cannot be present, a substitute sponsoring member must be arranged who will take responsibility for the guest.

➤ The Caretakers are to be notified of this arrangement by the sponsor or the substitute sponsor.

➤ The Caretakers are not responsible for finding sponsors for your guests.