FISHING LINE

CATCHES OF THE WEEK Tom Chrobocinski of Ojo Caliente caught two nice rainbows Dec. 29 on the Rio Grande. He was fishing by the John Dunn Bridge and using a weighted white Joe’s fly. Carl Stanley of Albuquerque caught a nice brown on the Chama River on Dec. 26. He was using a Barr’s Bouface streamer. AROUND THE STATE SANDIA LAKES: Fishing at all three lakes has been good. We last stocked on Jan. 3 with rainbow trout from Colorado. Anglers are catching their limits using salmon eggs, spoons and various PowerBaits. Anglers at the catch and release have been having the most success using zebra midges and San Juan worms. Cassandra Espinosa, manager ISLETA LAKES: Fishing is good. The lakes were stocked fully on Dec. 29 with trout. The best baits have been salmon peach PowerBait, Pistol Pete and corn. Carlos Trujillo, Isleta Lakes & RV Park NOTES from GAME & FISH: Fishing at TINGLEY BEACH’S Central and Youth ponds was very good using wax worms, PowerBait, San Juan worms and spoons for trout. Fishing at the Bob Gerding Catch and Release Pond was good using small midge patterns, bunny leeches and red San Juan worms. Trout fishing on the ALBUQUERQUE-AREA DRAINS was good using San Juan worms, zebra midges, salmon eggs, PowerBait, worms under a bobber and wax worms. Streamflow on the SAN JUAN RIVER from Navajo Reservoir on Monday was 348 cfs and visibility was from 1 to 1.5 feet. Fishing through the quality waters was good using San Juan worms, red larva, bunny leeches, princess nymphs and Desert Storms. Fishing through the bait waters was good using worms, PowerBait, garlic cheese, salmon eggs, wooly buggers and red larva. Water flow on the ANIMAS RIVER near Aztec on Monday morning was 319 cfs. Fishing was fair to good using San Juan worms, small jigs, PowerBait and salmon eggs for trout. Monday morning water flows on the CHAMA RIVER below El Vado and Abiquiu were 93 cfs and 102 cfs, respectively. Fishing below El Vado was fair using Z Rays, San Juan worms and woolly buggers for a mix of brown and rainbow trout. Fishing below Abiquiu was fair using streamers, San Juan worms and bead-head pheasant tail nymphs for trout. Trout fishing on the PECOS RIVER in the Villanueva area was fair using small bead-head nymphs, salmon eggs and PowerBait. Streamflow on the RED RIVER below the hatchery on Monday was 46 cfs. Fishing was good using micro mays, scuds, crane fly nymphs and emergers for brown and rainbow trout. Streamflow on the JEMEZ RIVER near Jemez Springs on Monday morning was 28 cfs. Fishing on the Jemez was fair to good using small bead-head nymphs, wax worms and salmon eggs for trout. Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE on Monday at the Taos Junction Bridge was 471 cfs. Fishing was slow to fair using worms, woolly buggers and spoons for rainbow trout. Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE below Elephant Butte on Monday morning was 0.46 cfs. Fishing was good using PowerBait, worms and salmon eggs for trout. A few small catfish were caught by anglers using worms and liver in the deeper holes. At using ELEPHANTtubes, grubs BUTTE and LAKE,jigs for fishinga mixed was bag fair of The walleye,fish were white caught bass at and depths largemouth ranging bass. from 12 to 40 feet. At BEAR CANYON LAKE, fishing was good using PowerBait, salmon eggs and marshmallows for trout. Fishing at GLENWOOD POND was good using PowerBait for trout. At YOUNG POND, fishing was very good using PowerBait, salmon eggs and salmon egg corn combinations for trout. BLUEWATER LAKE is closed to ice fishing, but there was some open water for bank fishing over the weekend. For updates, contact the state park office at 505-876-2391. EAGLE NEST LAKE IS closed to fishing due to thin ice conditions. For updates, call the state park office at 575-377-1594. LAKES ALICE and MALOYA are closed to fishing due to thin ice conditions. For updates, call the state park office at 505-445-5607. FENTONother activities LAKE dueis closedto thin to ice fishing conditions.and all For 575-829-3630.updates, call the state park office at