Weekly Fishing Report
This fishing report, provided by Department of Game and Fish area offices in Albuquerque, Raton, Roswell and Las Cruces, has been generated from the best information available from officers and anglers. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.
NORTHWEST AREA
ABIQUIU LAKE: No reports this week
ALBUQUERQUE DRAINS: Trout fishing in the Albuquerque, Corrales, Belen and Bernalillo drains was reported good using salmon eggs, power bait and worms despite the bad weather.
BLUEWATER LAKE: Closed until spring of 2010. The main area of the park is scheduled to open March 1.
CHAMA RIVER: The river is running approximately 100 cfs and fishing is very slow with little pressure
COCHITI LAKE: No reports this week
EL VADO LAKE: little to no pressure is the report due to weather conditions
NAVAJO LAKE: Fishing for pike remains steady
SAN JUAN RIVER: Fishing is good
FENTON LAKE: The lake has been closed to fishing and will re-open in the spring of 2010.
NORTHEAST AREA
CIMARRON RIVER: Frozen.
CHARETTE LAKES: Closed until March 1, 2010.
CLAYTON LAKE: Closed until March 1, 2010.
CONCHAS LAKE: Very slow.
EAGLE NEST LAKE: Fishing is fair for trout using jigs, power bait, and roe sacks. Fishing is good for perch using worms. Ice thickness is 22".
LAKE MALOYA/ LAKE ALICE: Lake Alice is closed due to thin ice. Ice fishing is fair at Lake Maloya using small white or green jigs, dough bait, corn, and salmon eggs at about 8-10' of water. Ice thickness at Maloya is 13".
McALLISTER LAKE: Closed indefinitely.
MONASTERY LAKE: Closed to ice fishing.
PECOS RIVER: The upper Pecos is iced over in most places. The only fishable stretch is all the way down at Villanueva State Park and reports are slow to poor.
RED RIVER: Fair to good near the warm water springs below the hatchery, but slow on the rest of the upper Red River. Try using egg pattern flies, black wooly buggers, bead head nymphs, green caddis larvae or a black midge.
RIO GRANDE: Fair to good for pike, slow to fair for trout, poor for smallmouth bass.
The Rio Grande is somewhat clear at 2-3 feet of visibility. For trout, show them a crane fly larvae, stonelfy nymphs, or work streamers around structure. The low flows we are currently seeing should make casting to pike a lot easier.
SHUREE PONDS: Closed until July 1, 2010.
SPRINGER LAKE: Closed to ice fishing.
STORRIE LAKE: Closed due to thin ice.
UTE LAKE: The last two snow storms have made the boat ramps unusable. Fishing is very slow due to the recent inclement weather.
SOUTHEAST AREA
WINTER TROUT WATERS (Carlsbad Municipal, Bataan, Higby Hole, lower Pecos River, Lake Van, Green Acres, Oasis, Roswell Kids Pond, Green Meadows, Chaparral, Jal, Bottomless Lakes, Carrizozo Pond): Fishing has been good on Power Bait and salmon eggs.
GRINDSTONE LAKE: Trout fishing has been good on Power Bait and salmon eggs.
BONITO LAKE: Closed until April 1.
PECOS RIVER BELOW BRANTLEY LAKE: Anglers have been catching a few catfish on worms, chicken liver and shrimp.
CORONA POND: Closed due to ice.
SANTA ROSA AND SUMNER LAKES: Fishing has been slow due to cold weather. Anglers will have best results deep jigging on outside main channel bends for walleye at Santa Rosa and near the spillway at Sumner. Use silver jigging spoons or minnow tipped jig heads.
SOUTHWEST AREA
No reports.
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