Offering the best in Thurston Reservoir boat rentals, water sports, jet ski, and watercraft services at this southeastern reservoir in Colorado. The lake offers visitors a variety of recreational opportunities, hunting, primitive camping, sailing, windsurfing, waterskiing, wakeboading, tubing, wakesurfing, and, of course, fishing. Crappie and catfish do well and resent years have seen good numbers of largemouth bass. To get here from Lamar, go 9 miles north on Highway 196 to County Road TT, then 1 mile west to County Road 7, then 1/4 mile north to the Thurston reservoir and State Park.