FISHING LINE
CATCHES OF THE WEEK
Richard Martinez of Tucumcari caught a 21-inch, 5-pound rainbow trout Jan. 10 at Blue Hole Park Pond. He was using a Pistol Pete under a bubble. Tom Tighe of Mora caught a 20-inch rainbow trout Jan. 9 at Eagle Nest Lake. He was using a jig and night crawler combination.
Orlando Martinez, 9, of Albuquerque caught a 30-inch, 11-pound brown trout Saturday at Seven Springs Brood Pond. He was using a silver Kastmaster on a 6-pound test line.
NOTES from GAME & FISH
Trout fishing on the ALBUQUERQUE, BELEN, CORRALES RIVERSIDE and the PERALTA DRAINS was good using wax worms, Fire Balls, PowerBait, custom tied flies and small spoons.
Fishing at TINGLEY BEACH was very good using homemade dough bait, PowerBait, power eggs and wax worms for trout.
FENTON LAKE has opened for ice fishing, with an ice thickness of 7.5 to 9 inches. Anglers are advised to stay off the northern part of the lake, where the river feeds in, due to slushy ice conditions. Fishing was very good using wax worms, salmon eggs and PowerBait.
Streamflow on the JEMEZ RIVER on Monday morning was 19.1 cfs. Fishing below Battleship Rock was good using salmon eggs for trout. All of the streams north of Battleship Rock are frozen over.
Streamflow on the SAN JUAN RIVER below Navajo Lake on Monday morning was 293 cfs. Fishing through the highquality water was fair to good using mini-macs, disco midges, red larva, egg patterns, white bunny leeches and princess nymphs. Through the bait waters, trout fishing was fair using salmon eggs, small Kastmasters, egg patterns and worms.
Monday morning flows on the CHAMA RIVER below El Vado and Abiquiu were 24.2 cfs and 138 cfs, respectively. Trout fishing below Abiquiu was good using streamers, San Juan worms, small bead head nymphs and salmon eggs.
About 50 percent of ABIQUIU LAKE has been covered with a thin layer of ice in the morning hours but clearing off by midday. The concrete portion of the boat ramp is out of the water. Extreme caution should be used when attempting to launch a boat.
Ice fishing at EAGLE NEST LAKE was very good using small ice jigs tipped with a piece of worm, a wax worm, corn or PowerBait for a mixed bag of rainbow trout and perch and an occasional pike and kokanee. As of Sunday, the ice thickness was about 13 inches near the south boat ramp.
Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE at the Taos Junction Bridge was 330 cfs. Fishing was fair using woolly buggers, San Juan worms, and salmon eggs for trout. Fishing pressure was very light.
Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE below Elephant Butte on Monday morning was 2.00 cfs. Fishing was good using PowerBait, Fire Balls and worms for trout. One catfish was caught by an angler using PowerBait.
Fishing at ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE was fair using spoons and blade baits for white bass, catfish and an occasional largemouth and walleye.
Fishing at YOUNG POND was very good using garlic cheese, corn, power eggs and PowerBait for trout.
Trout fishing at ALUMNI POND was very good using corn, Velveeta cheese and PowerBait for trout.
Fishing was good at BILL EVANS LAKE using PowerBait, homemade dough bait and Fire Balls for trout.
At GRINDSTONE RESERVOIR, fishing was good using PowerBait for trout.
At GLENWOOD POND, fishing was good using PowerBait for trout.
At BLUE HOLE POND PARK, fishing was very good using PowerBait, cheese and Pistol Petes under a bubble for trout. Several limits were reported.
Fishing at CHAPARRAL PARK LAKE was good using PowerBait for trout. A few trout were also caught by anglers using salmon eggs and Pistol Petes under a bubble.
At JAL LAKE, fishing was good using worms and PowerBait for trout.
Streamflow on the PECOS RIVER below Sumner Lake on Monday morning was 15.5 cfs. Fishing was fair to good using PowerBait, worms and salmon eggs for trout.
At EL RITO CREEK, fishing was good using PowerBait, Gulp eggs and salmon eggs for trout.