FISHING LINE

CATCHES OF THE WEEK

Jimmy Ortiz of Bosque Farms caught his limit of rainbow trout, with the biggest being 15-inches long, while ice fishing at Eagle Nest Lake using Salmon Peach PowerBait on Feb. 16.

Tyler Griffith caught five trout at Fenton Lake using worms on Feb. 2.

Alejandro Renteria of Deming caught his limit of trout at Bear Canyon Lake using salmon-scented PowerBait on Feb. 16.

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NOTES FROM GAME & FISH

Ice fishing for trout at Eagle Nest Lake was fair to good using Salmon Peach PowerBait and small jigs tipped with wax worms. Ice fishing for perch was fair to good using Rapala Jigging Rap lures tipped with meal worms. Fishing for pike was fair using tube jigs and hot dogs. The lake remains open to ice fishing; however, it is restricted to foot traffic only. Avoid ice fishing near feeder streams or known springs, brush, logs, plants, docks or areas with multiple cracks or ice that is popping or otherwise weak.

Streamflow on the Red River below the Red River Hatchery on Monday morning was 36 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Streamflow on the Rio Grande below the Taos Junction Bridge on Monday morning was 459 cfs. Fishing for trout was fair using black, leech-pattern flies and Panther Martin spinners.

Fishing for trout at Storrie Lake was good using worms.

Streamflow on the Animas River below Aztec on Monday morning was 192 cfs.

Fishing for trout at the Albuquerque Area Drains was fair to good using salmon eggs and worms. Fishing for smallmouth bass was fair using lime-green jigs.

Ice fishing for trout at Fenton Lake was good using worms, shrimp bait, small orange jigs tipped with meal worms, and small white jigs tipped with meal worms. The lake remains open to ice fishing. Chainsaws are not allowed to cut holes in the ice. Fires are not allowed on the ice. In areas around the shoreline, the ice is thin due to runoff — be aware of where you step onto the ice. As of Feb. 18, ice measurements are 3.5 inches of clear ice and 9 inches of white ice 6 feet from shore, and 6 inches of clear ice and 9 inches of white ice at 20 feet out. For updated lake conditions and potential closure information, visit the park’s webpage or call the park office at 575-829-3630.

At the Jemez Waters, streamflow near the Village of Jemez Springs on Monday morning was 20 cfs.

Fishing for trout at Liam Knight Pond was fair using black, leech-pattern flies. Fishing for white bass on the Rio Grande was fair to good using off-white swim grubs downstream of the Albuquerque Riverside Drain and Rio Grande junction. Fishing for trout at Tingley Beach was fair to good using white worms and leech-pattern flies.

Fishing for catfish at Elephant Butte Lake was fair using cut carp bait.

Streamflow on the Gila River near Gila on Monday morning was 234 cfs.

Fishing for trout at Quemado Lake was fair to good using pink-colored PowerBait Power Eggs with a worm. The lake remains open; however, the Gila National Forest strongly advises against ice fishing or going on the ice for any reason because of dangerously thin ice conditions caused by recently warming weather. Anglers reported most of the lake was open water.

Streamflow on the Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam on Monday morning was 919 cfs.

Streamflow on the Pecos River below Sumner Lake on Monday morning was 10 cfs. Fishing for bass was fair to good using a Z-Man CrawZ lure.

Streamflow on the Rio Ruidoso at Hollywood on Monday morning was 8 cfs.

For more fishing report updates, including lake closures, abqjournal.com/things-to-do/outdoors.