FISHING LINE
Giovanni Christopher, 4, of Albuquerque caught a 21-inch channel catfish Friday at Tingley Beach. He was using hot dogs.
Anne Blanton of Los Lunas caught a 45-inch, 28-pound tiger muskie Saturday at Bluewater Lake. She was using a Cabela’s floating snake head lure.
WHITEWATER CREEK: Native fish restoration efforts on Whitewater Creek are scheduled for Oct. 10-21. Game & Fish will remove non-native trout from Whitewater Creek to allow restoration of Gila trout and other native fish to their historic range.
GILA: Gwynn Tank, in the Gila National Forest, received its first batch of 203 10-inch Gila trout, part of the department’s longterm recreational plan.
SHADY LAKES: Trout are biting on night crawler worms, salmon eggs and PowerBait. Catch-andrelease largemouth bass and bluegill activity is strong. Bass and bluegill are biting on plastics and top-water lures. NOTES from GAME & FISH: Streamflow on the SAN JUAN RIVER below Navajo Lake was at 837 cfs on Monday. Fishing was very good using red larva, dead chickens, mini-macs, ants, zebra midges, red annelids, RS2s and Griffith’s gnats for brown and rainbow trout. Through the bait waters, fishing was good using jerk baits, mop flies, San Juan worms, copper John Barrs, PowerBait, worms and salmon eggs. At NAVAJO LAKE, fishing was very good using spinner baits, buzz baits, crank bait, chatter baits, swim baits and plastics for northern pike. At ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE, fishing was very good using liver, hot dogs, minnows, homemade dough bait, cut bait and shrimp for catfish. Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE below Elephant Butte on Monday was 621 cfs. Fishing was very good using liver, hot dogs, shrimp, cut bait and night crawlers for channel catfish. Streamflow on on the RIO GRANDE on Monday at the Taos Junction Bridge was 155 cfs. Trout fishing was good using mop flies, black and olive woolly buggers, red San Juan worms, copper John Barrs, micro-mays, spinners and night crawlers. Streamflow on the CIMARRON RIVER near the town of Cimarron on Monday morning was 27.2 cfs. Fishing was good using stimulators, small midge patterns, San Juan worms, salmon eggs and worms for trout. Monday morning flows on the CHAMA RIVER below El Vado and Abiquiu were 604 cfs and 423 cfs, respectively. Trout fishing below El Vado was very good using night crawlers, weighted woolly buggers, San Juan worms, red annelids and chamois leeches for brown and rainbow trout. At EAGLE NEST LAKE, fishing was very good using white honey worms, PowerBait and worms for perch. At UTE LAKE, fishing was very good using worms, tubes, minnows and grubs for bluegill. Fishing at SANTA ROSA LAKE was good using spinner baits, tubes, senkos, crank baits and creature baits for largemouth and smallmouth bass. Fishing at CONCHAS LAKE was good using senkos, tubes, square bill crank baits, chatter baits and creature baits for largemouth and smallmouth bass.