- Joined
- May 11, 2010
- Location
- Albuquerque New Mexico
Dec. 21, 2010
Northwest
Chama River - Upper section flow no read due to ice, no report on the fishing there. Below El Vado Dam, the flow is 455 cfs and the water is off color. The fishing is reported as fair for browns and rainbows. Black and gold Panther Martins, night crawlers, wooly buggers and bead headed nymphs are reported working for both species.
San Juan River - Upper section-Catch and Release flow is 475 cfs and visibility is 5 feet. Fishing is good for rainbows and browns from Texas Hole up to the Cable Hole, fishing is very good in the mornings on #24-26 dark colored midge pupa and larva. Afternoons below Texas Hole have been best with gray or olive baetis emergers like a #22-24 foam wing, RS2, or Johnny flash. The baetis are active from 11 a.m. to about 4 p.m. It's back to brown or black midge pupa/larva after 4 p.m.
Lower section - Open waters, fishing is good with night crawlers, salmon eggs and the same flies as for the upper section.
Abiquiu Lake- Fishing is very slow. The Army Corps of Engineers have switched over to winter staffing and all but a few primitive sites are closed for the season. There was very little pressure and fishing is reported as very slow.
El Vado Lake – No report due to weather and light pressure.
Heron Lake– Cold weather has kept most anglers away from the lake and ice is starting to form around the edges of the lake.
Jackson Lake – The fishing pressure is light and reports are slow for trout.
Lake Farmington – Trout fishing is reported as slow to fair, some anglers are having luck trolling in deep water with streamers and woolly buggers.
Morgan Lake – Bass fishing is good. 5- to 6-inch Strike King Plastics and Finesse worms in dark colors with bright colored bellies are reported catching the fish.
Navajo Lake – The pressure is very light, no report.
Northeast
Cimarron River - No read on flows below Eagle Nest Dam due to an equipment failure and no read due to ice near Cimarron. Fishing conditions are slow due to water levels and cold weather. Conditions will are not likely to improve much until spring when warmer weather and flows come back.
Costilla Creek – The flow, no read due to ice near the town of Costilla. No report due to ice and low flows.
Red River - Flows at Questa no read due to ice and 44 cfs below the hatchery. Fishing is fair for rainbows below the hatchery with bead head nymphs and various flies. Bait fishermen might try spinners, salmon eggs or Power Bait.
Rio Grande- Flows are 396 cfs near Cerro and 711 cfs below the Taos Junction Bridge. Fishing is slow to fair at Pilar. Trout are fair with bead head nymphs and streamers. Best bet is to fish edges and eddies. Some pike have been taken on large spinners and red and white whisters.
Rio Hondo –Flows, no read due to ice. Lower section at confluence with Rio Grande is where the only opportunities are until spring. Trout are slow to fair with various flies, spinners and worms.
Rio Pueblo - Flow, no read due to ice and there is no report this week.
Cabresto Lake – Frozen over.
Charette Lakes – The lake closed Oct. 31 and re-opens next March.
Clayton Lake – The lake closed Oct. 31 and re-opens next March.
Eagle Nest Lake – Fishing has slowed due to weather. The lake is starting to freeze up and boat ramps are closed for the season. Shore fishing for rainbows is reported as fair when ice is thawed off in the warmer afternoons with gold Cast Masters, olive woolly buggers, Power Bait and worms. Perch are good on worms.
Lake Alice and Lake Maloya– Trout are reported as good in Lake Maloya using woolly buggers, Pistol Petes, dough baits and Power Bait. Lake Alice is frozen over.
Maxwell Lakes – The lakes closed Oct. 31 and re-open next March.
Santa Cruz Lake – No report.
Shuree Ponds – Frozen over.
Springer Lakes – Water levels are low and there has been light pressure.
West-Central, including the Jemez Mountains
Jemez River, East Fork, Guadalupe and San Antonio - Flow on the Jemez River is 28 cfs. The upper streams are starting to ice up and winter fishing is here. From now until spring the best bet is to fish the Jemez river below Battleship Rock. Fly fishing is good with caddis, terrestrials, stimulators and bead headed nymphs. Panther Martins, Power Bait or worms are also working.
Metro Drainages - Trout fishing is reported as fair to good for trout with all methods taking fish.
Bluewater Lake – Fishing continues to be good for trout on peach Power Bait. Tiger muskies are reported as slow, some fish being hooked but few are being landed.
Cochiti Lake – Very little pressure. Water temps are in the low 50s. A few smallmouth bass were taken on crank baits along with a few pike. Some catfish were also landed using minnows.
Fenton Lake – Frozen over, no ice fishing will be allowed due to unstable conditions.
Tingley Beach - South Pond catch and release - Trout fishing in the South/Catch and Release Pond has been good to excellent. Anglers using bead headed nymphs are having the best success. Children's and Central Ponds – Trout fishing in the Tingley Beach Children's and Central Ponds is good. Best reports are from anglers using baits.
East–Central, including the Pecos River
Coyote Creek - Flow is 3.2 cfs. The water is low and fishing is slow with no pressure.
Pecos River - Flows are 27 cfs near Pecos. The fishing is really slow above the town of Pecos. Mid-thirty degree water temps have the fish very tight lipped. Better fishing down at Villanueva State Park if you can get it on a weekday. It can be crowded there on weekends and the catching is best after it has been stocked. The best fishing is when the sun is on the water.
Conchas Lake – Fishing is reported as slow with very little pressure. No report.
Morphy Lake – The lake closed Oct. 31 and re-opens next April.
Santa Rosa Lake – No report this week.
Storrie Lake – Fishing for trout is reported as fair. Success is being had with cheese, worms and Power Bait.
Sumner Lake - Winter trout waters, stilling basin – Very little pressure on the lake. The river below the lake is reported as fishing slow to fair for trout with spinners and Power Bait.
Ute Lake – reports remain the same this week. Water temperature is around 54 degrees, main lake clear, river arms stained. Fishing overall has started to pick up a bit. Walleye are fair fishing at 42 - 46 feet with slabs and spinners. Night crawlers in 20-30 feet of water has also produced some fish.White-bass are good fishing at 32 - 38 feet with slabs and spinner baits. smallmouth and largemouth bass are fishing slow. Catfish are good to excellent using stink baits in 4-15 feet of water.
Southwest
Gila River - The flow is 67 cfs and fishing is slow with very little pressure.
Rio Grande- The flow is 8.1 cfs below Elephant Butte Dam. No report.
Caballo Lake – Fishing is generally slow with light pressure. Water level are low and will remain so until spring. Reports remain the same. Anglers having success are fishing the deeper holes. Catfish are good using chicken liver, worms or shrimp. Walleye are reported as fair using night crawlers on the bottom. No report on other species.
Elephant Butte Lake – Due to weather fishing pressure has been light with very little pressure. No report this week.
Glenwood Ponds – Fishing has been slow with light pressure.
Lake Roberts – No report on the fishing conditions.
Quemado Lake – Trout are fair to good with Power Bait or worms. Tiger Muskies are reported as slow to fair using Z-rays or Rapalas.
Snow Lake – No report.
Southeast
Black River - Flow is 11 cfs. Fishing is reported as slow to fair for trout using worms, salmon eggs and Power Bait
Bonito Creek – No report.
Rio Ruidoso - Flow is 1.8 cfs. The water is low and trout are slow with worms or salmon eggs.
Bonito Lake - The lake closed for the season Nov. 30 and reopens next April.
Bottomless Lakes: Winter trout waters – Fair to good for trout when using worms, spinners, Power Bait and salmon eggs.
Brantley Reservoir – There has been light pressure. Catfish are reported as fair at night with night crawlers. A mandatory catch and release is in place at Brantley Lake from the dept. of Game and Fish. Pesticides, DDTs have been found in the fish, do not keep or eat them.
Grindstone Reservoir – Fishing is reported as excellent for trout using spinners, Marshmallows, worms, Power Bait and salmon eggs.
Lake Van: Winter trout waters – Fair to good for trout when using worms, spinners, Power Bait and salmon eggs.
Northwest
Animas River - The flow is 332 cfs. Fishing is reported as slow with little pressure. Chama River - Upper section flow no read due to ice, no report on the fishing there. Below El Vado Dam, the flow is 455 cfs and the water is off color. The fishing is reported as fair for browns and rainbows. Black and gold Panther Martins, night crawlers, wooly buggers and bead headed nymphs are reported working for both species.
San Juan River - Upper section-Catch and Release flow is 475 cfs and visibility is 5 feet. Fishing is good for rainbows and browns from Texas Hole up to the Cable Hole, fishing is very good in the mornings on #24-26 dark colored midge pupa and larva. Afternoons below Texas Hole have been best with gray or olive baetis emergers like a #22-24 foam wing, RS2, or Johnny flash. The baetis are active from 11 a.m. to about 4 p.m. It's back to brown or black midge pupa/larva after 4 p.m.
Lower section - Open waters, fishing is good with night crawlers, salmon eggs and the same flies as for the upper section.
Abiquiu Lake- Fishing is very slow. The Army Corps of Engineers have switched over to winter staffing and all but a few primitive sites are closed for the season. There was very little pressure and fishing is reported as very slow.
El Vado Lake – No report due to weather and light pressure.
Heron Lake– Cold weather has kept most anglers away from the lake and ice is starting to form around the edges of the lake.
Jackson Lake – The fishing pressure is light and reports are slow for trout.
Lake Farmington – Trout fishing is reported as slow to fair, some anglers are having luck trolling in deep water with streamers and woolly buggers.
Morgan Lake – Bass fishing is good. 5- to 6-inch Strike King Plastics and Finesse worms in dark colors with bright colored bellies are reported catching the fish.
Navajo Lake – The pressure is very light, no report.
Northeast
Cimarron River - No read on flows below Eagle Nest Dam due to an equipment failure and no read due to ice near Cimarron. Fishing conditions are slow due to water levels and cold weather. Conditions will are not likely to improve much until spring when warmer weather and flows come back.
Costilla Creek – The flow, no read due to ice near the town of Costilla. No report due to ice and low flows.
Red River - Flows at Questa no read due to ice and 44 cfs below the hatchery. Fishing is fair for rainbows below the hatchery with bead head nymphs and various flies. Bait fishermen might try spinners, salmon eggs or Power Bait.
Rio Grande- Flows are 396 cfs near Cerro and 711 cfs below the Taos Junction Bridge. Fishing is slow to fair at Pilar. Trout are fair with bead head nymphs and streamers. Best bet is to fish edges and eddies. Some pike have been taken on large spinners and red and white whisters.
Rio Hondo –Flows, no read due to ice. Lower section at confluence with Rio Grande is where the only opportunities are until spring. Trout are slow to fair with various flies, spinners and worms.
Rio Pueblo - Flow, no read due to ice and there is no report this week.
Cabresto Lake – Frozen over.
Charette Lakes – The lake closed Oct. 31 and re-opens next March.
Clayton Lake – The lake closed Oct. 31 and re-opens next March.
Eagle Nest Lake – Fishing has slowed due to weather. The lake is starting to freeze up and boat ramps are closed for the season. Shore fishing for rainbows is reported as fair when ice is thawed off in the warmer afternoons with gold Cast Masters, olive woolly buggers, Power Bait and worms. Perch are good on worms.
Lake Alice and Lake Maloya– Trout are reported as good in Lake Maloya using woolly buggers, Pistol Petes, dough baits and Power Bait. Lake Alice is frozen over.
Maxwell Lakes – The lakes closed Oct. 31 and re-open next March.
Santa Cruz Lake – No report.
Shuree Ponds – Frozen over.
Springer Lakes – Water levels are low and there has been light pressure.
West-Central, including the Jemez Mountains
Jemez River, East Fork, Guadalupe and San Antonio - Flow on the Jemez River is 28 cfs. The upper streams are starting to ice up and winter fishing is here. From now until spring the best bet is to fish the Jemez river below Battleship Rock. Fly fishing is good with caddis, terrestrials, stimulators and bead headed nymphs. Panther Martins, Power Bait or worms are also working.
Metro Drainages - Trout fishing is reported as fair to good for trout with all methods taking fish.
Bluewater Lake – Fishing continues to be good for trout on peach Power Bait. Tiger muskies are reported as slow, some fish being hooked but few are being landed.
Cochiti Lake – Very little pressure. Water temps are in the low 50s. A few smallmouth bass were taken on crank baits along with a few pike. Some catfish were also landed using minnows.
Fenton Lake – Frozen over, no ice fishing will be allowed due to unstable conditions.
Tingley Beach - South Pond catch and release - Trout fishing in the South/Catch and Release Pond has been good to excellent. Anglers using bead headed nymphs are having the best success. Children's and Central Ponds – Trout fishing in the Tingley Beach Children's and Central Ponds is good. Best reports are from anglers using baits.
East–Central, including the Pecos River
Coyote Creek - Flow is 3.2 cfs. The water is low and fishing is slow with no pressure.
Pecos River - Flows are 27 cfs near Pecos. The fishing is really slow above the town of Pecos. Mid-thirty degree water temps have the fish very tight lipped. Better fishing down at Villanueva State Park if you can get it on a weekday. It can be crowded there on weekends and the catching is best after it has been stocked. The best fishing is when the sun is on the water.
Conchas Lake – Fishing is reported as slow with very little pressure. No report.
Morphy Lake – The lake closed Oct. 31 and re-opens next April.
Santa Rosa Lake – No report this week.
Storrie Lake – Fishing for trout is reported as fair. Success is being had with cheese, worms and Power Bait.
Sumner Lake - Winter trout waters, stilling basin – Very little pressure on the lake. The river below the lake is reported as fishing slow to fair for trout with spinners and Power Bait.
Ute Lake – reports remain the same this week. Water temperature is around 54 degrees, main lake clear, river arms stained. Fishing overall has started to pick up a bit. Walleye are fair fishing at 42 - 46 feet with slabs and spinners. Night crawlers in 20-30 feet of water has also produced some fish.White-bass are good fishing at 32 - 38 feet with slabs and spinner baits. smallmouth and largemouth bass are fishing slow. Catfish are good to excellent using stink baits in 4-15 feet of water.
Southwest
Gila River - The flow is 67 cfs and fishing is slow with very little pressure.
Rio Grande- The flow is 8.1 cfs below Elephant Butte Dam. No report.
Caballo Lake – Fishing is generally slow with light pressure. Water level are low and will remain so until spring. Reports remain the same. Anglers having success are fishing the deeper holes. Catfish are good using chicken liver, worms or shrimp. Walleye are reported as fair using night crawlers on the bottom. No report on other species.
Elephant Butte Lake – Due to weather fishing pressure has been light with very little pressure. No report this week.
Glenwood Ponds – Fishing has been slow with light pressure.
Lake Roberts – No report on the fishing conditions.
Quemado Lake – Trout are fair to good with Power Bait or worms. Tiger Muskies are reported as slow to fair using Z-rays or Rapalas.
Snow Lake – No report.
Southeast
Black River - Flow is 11 cfs. Fishing is reported as slow to fair for trout using worms, salmon eggs and Power Bait
Bonito Creek – No report.
Rio Ruidoso - Flow is 1.8 cfs. The water is low and trout are slow with worms or salmon eggs.
Bonito Lake - The lake closed for the season Nov. 30 and reopens next April.
Bottomless Lakes: Winter trout waters – Fair to good for trout when using worms, spinners, Power Bait and salmon eggs.
Brantley Reservoir – There has been light pressure. Catfish are reported as fair at night with night crawlers. A mandatory catch and release is in place at Brantley Lake from the dept. of Game and Fish. Pesticides, DDTs have been found in the fish, do not keep or eat them.
Grindstone Reservoir – Fishing is reported as excellent for trout using spinners, Marshmallows, worms, Power Bait and salmon eggs.
Lake Van: Winter trout waters – Fair to good for trout when using worms, spinners, Power Bait and salmon eggs.