NOTES from GAME AND FISH

CHARETTE LAKES, CLAYTON LAKE, MAXWELL LAKE and MORPHY LAKE is closed for the season and will reopen in March 2022. LAGUNA DEL CAMPO is closed for the season and will reopen in May 2022.

Streamflow on the CIMARRON RIVER near Cimarron on Monday morning was 3.51 cubic feet per second (cfs). Fishing for trout was good using small attractor dry flies and grey nymph flies.

Fishing for trout at EAGLE ROCK LAKE was good using streamer flies and pink PowerBait.

Fishing for trout at LAKE MALOYA was fair to good using salmon pink PowerBait.

Streamflow on the PECOS RIVER near the town of Pecos on Monday morning was 27.7 cfs. Fishing for trout was good using size 20 black and silver zebra midge flies and yellow Panther Martin spinners.

Streamflow on the RED RIVER below the hatchery Monday morning was 35.1 cfs. Fishing for trout was good using dry flies with dropper nymph flies.

Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE at the Taos Junction Bridge on Monday morning was 405 cfs. Fishing for trout near Pilar was good using size 18 mayfly dry flies, emerger flies, worm pattern flies and leech pattern flies.

Streamflow on the RIO HONDO on Monday morning near Valdez was 8.34 cfs.

Streamflow on the RIO MORA on Monday morning near Tererro was 28.6 cfs. Fishing for trout was good using earthworms.

Fishing for trout at FENTON LAKE was good using nymph flies, salmon eggs, Woolly Bugger flies and green PowerBait. Only two cutthroat trout are allowed to be harvested per day within the regular five-fish limit.

Fishing for kokanee salmon at NAVAJO LAKE was good using snagging hooks near the dam.

Fishing for catfish at CABALLO LAKE was good using live minnows.

Fishing for catfish at ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE was good using cut carp bait and shad.

Fishing for trout at LAKE ROBERTS was good using beaded egg and worm flies.

Fishing for trout at QUEMADO LAKE was good using pink and salmon peach PowerBait.

Streamflow on the BLACK RIVER at Malaga on Monday morning was 8.26 cfs.

Streamflow on the PECOS RIVER below Sumner Lake on Monday morning was 16.7 cfs. Fishing for largemouth bass south of Brantley Lake was good using black and gold Rat-L-Trap lures.

Streamflow on the RUIDOSO RIVER on Monday morning at Hollywood was 4.09 cfs.

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