T_boy
04-25-2008, 06:15 PM
Clayton: Fishing picked up considerably this past week as anglers reported good catches of bass, walleye and trout. Anglers did well during the early evening hours from the bank and from boats. Best baits were extra-scented power baits, night crawlers, spinner/night-crawler combinations and crank baits. We had no reports on other species.
Conchas: Fishing was fair to good for anglers using minnows, spinner/worm rigs, grubs and crank baits for walleye. We received a few good reports from anglers fishing on the north and south sides of the lake. Fishing was very good using minnows and small jigs for crappie. Fishing was fair trolling crank baits and using spoons and minnows for white bass. Fishing for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass was fair to good for anglers using crank baits, tubes, jigs, jerk baits and spinner baits. Most of the bass were in less than 12 feet of water.
Eagle Nest: Fishing was fair to good this past week for anglers fishing from the bank and using power bait, homemade dough baits, corn, salmon eggs, worms and spinners. Anglers reported catching a mixed bag of rainbows and perch.
Lake Maloya/Lake Alice: Trout fishing was rated as fair to good at both lakes this past week. Anglers did best using homemade dough baits, power bait and corn. Anglers also did well using Panther Martin spinners along the dam at Lake Maloya. Most of the fish caught were in the 8-to 10-inch range.
Monastery: Trout fishing was good for anglers using small spinners, Pistol Petes, power bait, corn and salmon eggs.
Morphy: Trout fishing continued to be quite good this past week for anglers using corn, salmon eggs, power bait, home made dough baits, Pistol Petes, wooly buggers and spinners.
Storrie: Fishing was slow for all species. A few trout were taken by anglers using power bait and corn.
Ute: Fishing for walleye was rated as good to excellent this past week as the males were in a feeding mode and in 6 to 14 feet of water. Several limits were reported by anglers using crank baits, spinners, jerk baits and minnows. Fishing for crappie was good for anglers using minnows, jigs, small tubes and small crank baits in 2 to 6 feet of water. Good reports came in from anglers fishing up the Canadian arm of the lake. Fishing for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass was good for anglers using tubes, spinner baits, crank baits and jerk baits in shallow water. Fishing for white bass was sporadic but a few good size fish were taken by anglers trolling crank baits.
Abiquiu: Fishing was slow but there were a few rainbow trout and walleye caught by anglers trolling crank baits and drifting minnows. A few smallmouth bass were taken by anglers using minnows, tubes and jerk baits. We had no reports on other species.
Bluewater: Fishing was slow but there were a few tiger musky caught and released by anglers trolling spinners and crank baits. Fishing pressure was light. The water was rising and the boat ramp was open for launching boats.
Cochiti: Fishing was generally slow but there were a few largemouth bass and white bass caught by anglers using spinner baits and crank baits. A few catfish were taken by anglers using stink bait, liver and night crawlers.
Fenton: Trout fishing continued to be quite good this past week for most anglers. Best baits were black or silver Panther Martins and orange and red extra-scented power baits.
Heron: Fishing for lake trout was sporadic at best with all the windy weather. However, anglers this past Saturday managed to land a few while trolling flat fish at 40 feet. A few small lakers were also taken by anglers fishing from the bank and using power bait. We had no reports on other species.
Santa Cruz: Trout fishing was good using small tubes, spinners, power bait, worms and salmon egg/corn combinations. Anglers did well fishing from the bank and from boats.
Nambe: Fishing is good, with catches averaging 14 inches using power bait, salmon eggs, pistol petes and spinners.
Northern New Mexico rivers and streams
Coyote Creek: Trout fishing was very good this past week for anglers using small spinners, corn, salmon eggs and power bait. Most of the fish caught were in the 10- to 12-inch range.
Pecos River: Water flow near the town of Pecos as of Monday morning was 157cfs. Trout fishing this past week was fair to good for anglers using night crawlers, spinners, small wooly buggers, salmon eggs and bead-head pheasant-tail nymphs.
Red River: Water flow below the hatchery was 159cfs. Trout fishing was slow to fair for anglers using wooly buggers, spinners and worms.
Rio Grande: The water flow Monday morning at the Taos Junction Bridge was 1,280cfs. Fishing was slow for all species. A few trout were taken by anglers using spinners and wooly buggers and drifting night crawlers along the river's banks.
Cimarron River: Water flow below Eagle Nest Lake as of Monday was 29 cfs. Trout fishing was fair to good this past weekend for anglers using streamers, bead-head hares ears and gold spinners.
Chama River: Monday morning water flows below El Vado and Abiquiu were 1,210cfs and 1,680cfs respectively. Fishing below El Vado was fair for anglers using night crawlers and spinners for brown trout. We had no reports from below Abiquiu.
Jemez Waters: Water flow on the Jemez as of Monday morning was 212cfs near Jemez Springs and fishing was slow. Trout fishing on the Cebolla, San Antonio and East Fork was good to excellent for anglers using Panther Martins, bead-head pheasant tails, copper john barrs and salmon eggs.
San Juan: Water flow below Navajo Lake as of Monday morning was 2,270cfs. The flow will remain around 2200cfs until some time in May when it will be increased to 5,000cfs for about 30 days. Fishing this past week through the Quality Waters was fair to good for anglers using bead-head pheasant tails, wooly buggers, red annelids, San Juan worms and small hair jigs. Fishing in the bait waters was fair using the same flies and with jerk baits, garlic cheese, salmon eggs and night crawlers.
Conchas: Fishing was fair to good for anglers using minnows, spinner/worm rigs, grubs and crank baits for walleye. We received a few good reports from anglers fishing on the north and south sides of the lake. Fishing was very good using minnows and small jigs for crappie. Fishing was fair trolling crank baits and using spoons and minnows for white bass. Fishing for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass was fair to good for anglers using crank baits, tubes, jigs, jerk baits and spinner baits. Most of the bass were in less than 12 feet of water.
Eagle Nest: Fishing was fair to good this past week for anglers fishing from the bank and using power bait, homemade dough baits, corn, salmon eggs, worms and spinners. Anglers reported catching a mixed bag of rainbows and perch.
Lake Maloya/Lake Alice: Trout fishing was rated as fair to good at both lakes this past week. Anglers did best using homemade dough baits, power bait and corn. Anglers also did well using Panther Martin spinners along the dam at Lake Maloya. Most of the fish caught were in the 8-to 10-inch range.
Monastery: Trout fishing was good for anglers using small spinners, Pistol Petes, power bait, corn and salmon eggs.
Morphy: Trout fishing continued to be quite good this past week for anglers using corn, salmon eggs, power bait, home made dough baits, Pistol Petes, wooly buggers and spinners.
Storrie: Fishing was slow for all species. A few trout were taken by anglers using power bait and corn.
Ute: Fishing for walleye was rated as good to excellent this past week as the males were in a feeding mode and in 6 to 14 feet of water. Several limits were reported by anglers using crank baits, spinners, jerk baits and minnows. Fishing for crappie was good for anglers using minnows, jigs, small tubes and small crank baits in 2 to 6 feet of water. Good reports came in from anglers fishing up the Canadian arm of the lake. Fishing for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass was good for anglers using tubes, spinner baits, crank baits and jerk baits in shallow water. Fishing for white bass was sporadic but a few good size fish were taken by anglers trolling crank baits.
Abiquiu: Fishing was slow but there were a few rainbow trout and walleye caught by anglers trolling crank baits and drifting minnows. A few smallmouth bass were taken by anglers using minnows, tubes and jerk baits. We had no reports on other species.
Bluewater: Fishing was slow but there were a few tiger musky caught and released by anglers trolling spinners and crank baits. Fishing pressure was light. The water was rising and the boat ramp was open for launching boats.
Cochiti: Fishing was generally slow but there were a few largemouth bass and white bass caught by anglers using spinner baits and crank baits. A few catfish were taken by anglers using stink bait, liver and night crawlers.
Fenton: Trout fishing continued to be quite good this past week for most anglers. Best baits were black or silver Panther Martins and orange and red extra-scented power baits.
Heron: Fishing for lake trout was sporadic at best with all the windy weather. However, anglers this past Saturday managed to land a few while trolling flat fish at 40 feet. A few small lakers were also taken by anglers fishing from the bank and using power bait. We had no reports on other species.
Santa Cruz: Trout fishing was good using small tubes, spinners, power bait, worms and salmon egg/corn combinations. Anglers did well fishing from the bank and from boats.
Nambe: Fishing is good, with catches averaging 14 inches using power bait, salmon eggs, pistol petes and spinners.
Northern New Mexico rivers and streams
Coyote Creek: Trout fishing was very good this past week for anglers using small spinners, corn, salmon eggs and power bait. Most of the fish caught were in the 10- to 12-inch range.
Pecos River: Water flow near the town of Pecos as of Monday morning was 157cfs. Trout fishing this past week was fair to good for anglers using night crawlers, spinners, small wooly buggers, salmon eggs and bead-head pheasant-tail nymphs.
Red River: Water flow below the hatchery was 159cfs. Trout fishing was slow to fair for anglers using wooly buggers, spinners and worms.
Rio Grande: The water flow Monday morning at the Taos Junction Bridge was 1,280cfs. Fishing was slow for all species. A few trout were taken by anglers using spinners and wooly buggers and drifting night crawlers along the river's banks.
Cimarron River: Water flow below Eagle Nest Lake as of Monday was 29 cfs. Trout fishing was fair to good this past weekend for anglers using streamers, bead-head hares ears and gold spinners.
Chama River: Monday morning water flows below El Vado and Abiquiu were 1,210cfs and 1,680cfs respectively. Fishing below El Vado was fair for anglers using night crawlers and spinners for brown trout. We had no reports from below Abiquiu.
Jemez Waters: Water flow on the Jemez as of Monday morning was 212cfs near Jemez Springs and fishing was slow. Trout fishing on the Cebolla, San Antonio and East Fork was good to excellent for anglers using Panther Martins, bead-head pheasant tails, copper john barrs and salmon eggs.
San Juan: Water flow below Navajo Lake as of Monday morning was 2,270cfs. The flow will remain around 2200cfs until some time in May when it will be increased to 5,000cfs for about 30 days. Fishing this past week through the Quality Waters was fair to good for anglers using bead-head pheasant tails, wooly buggers, red annelids, San Juan worms and small hair jigs. Fishing in the bait waters was fair using the same flies and with jerk baits, garlic cheese, salmon eggs and night crawlers.