FISHING LINE

CATCH OF THE WEEK

Pearl Yeager of Taos caught an 18½inch brown trout on the Red River last week. She was using a Rooster Tail.

NOTES from GAME & FISH

Fishing at TINGLEY BEACH was very good using small spoons, woolly buggers, PowerBait, worms and salmon eggs for trout.

Fishing on the ALBUQUERQUE, BELEN and PERALTA DRAINS was good using salmon eggs, PowerBait and wax worms for trout.

Monday morning flows on the CHAMA RIVER below El Vado and Abiquiu were 31.6 cfs and 76.8 cfs, respectively. Trout fishing below El Vado was good using salmon eggs, night crawlers, PowerBait and San Juan worms for brown and rainbow trout. Trout fishing below Abiquiu was fair using small streamers, worms and salmon eggs.

At LAKE MALOYA, trout fishing was good using PowerBait.

At STORRIE LAKE, fishing was fair using PowerBait and Fire Balls for trout.

Fishing at MONASTERY LAKE was good using Fire Balls, PowerBait and copper John Barrs for trout. Ice fishing is not permitted at this lake.

Fishing at UTE LAKE was fair to good using blade baits and spoons at 30 to 40 feet for white bass. Anglers fishing for white bass also caught a few walleye. Fishing pressure was very light.

Streamflow on the PECOS RIVER near the town of Pecos on Monday morning was 30.1 cfs. Fishing in the Villanueva area was good using copper John Barrs and PowerBait for trout.

Streamflow on the RED RIVER below the hatchery on Monday morning was 34.0 cfs. Trout fishing below Questa was good using Fire Balls, PowerBait, copper John Barrs and spinners.

Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE at the Taos Junction Bridge was 279 cfs. Trout fishing was fair to good using woolly buggers, San Juan worms, Kastmasters, worms and salmon eggs.

Streamflow on the SAN JUAN RIVER below Navajo Lake on Monday morning was 289 cfs. Fishing was good using small bead-head pheasant tails, RS2s, red annelids, red larva and small egg patterns for brown and rainbow trout. There have been some decent baetis hatches coming off on the cloudy afternoons. Through the bait waters, trout fishing was fair to good using night crawlers, salmon eggs, wax worms, copper John Barrs and small gold spoons.

At NAVAJO LAKE, kokanee snagging was slow. Fishing was slow with just a few trout and northern pike reported.

Fishing at EL RITO CREEK was very good using PowerBait, Fire Balls and copper John Barrs for trout.

At BILL EVANS LAKE, fishing was good using Pistol Petes, salmon eggs and PowerBait for trout.

Fishing at GRINDSTONE RESERVOIR was very good using PowerBait, worms and salmon eggs for trout. Several limits of trout were taken.

At ESCONDIDA LAKE, fishing was good using spoons, PowerBait, corn and salmon eggs for trout.

Fishing at GLENWOOD POND was very good using PowerBait for trout.

At ALTO LAKE, fishing was very good using PowerBait for trout.

As of Monday morning, about 50 percent of BLUEWATER LAKE was covered with ice. There was some open water fishing access on the west side.

As of Monday morning, FENTON LAKE was completely frozen over and unsafe for ice fishing. For updates, call the state park office at 575-829-3630.

As of Monday morning, a good deal of EAGLE NEST LAKE was covered with thin ice and snow causing the lake to be not accessible for bank fishing. For ice updates, call the state park office at 575-377-1594.

There is a thin layer of ice on LAKE ALICE and it is closed to fishing at this time.