Northwest
Abiquiu Lake: Action was slow for some but fair
to good for others fishing for walleye, smallmouth bass and trout. Anglers
fishing from the dock reported catching brown and rainbow trout while using
Rapalas and PowerBait. From boats, the best action was reported by walleye
anglers using blade baits and spoons. A few smallmouth bass were caught by
anglers using small grubs, tubes and senkos. We had no other reports.
Animas River: Water flow below Aztec on Monday
morning was 286 cfs. We had no reports from anglers this week.
Albuquerque Area Drains: Trout fishing was reported as very good on the Albuquerque,
Belen and Corrales drains. Best baits were meal worms, PowerBait, Fire Balls,
small grubs, micro mays and custom tied nymphs. We had no other reports.
Bluewater Lake: Fishing was fair to good using PowerBait and worms for trout. Fishing
for tiger muskies and catfish was slow.
Brazos River: We had no reports from anglers this week.
Canjilon Lakes: Closed by the U.S. Forest Service until further notice.
Chama River:
Monday morning water flows below El Vado and Abiquiu were 501 cfs and 839 cfs
respectively. Fishing above El Vado was good using copper John Barrs, bead-head
hares ear nymphs, PowerBait and worms for brown and rainbow trout. Fishing below
El Vado was good using wooly buggers, spinners, night crawlers and Fire Balls for
brown and rainbow trout. Roberto Archuleta of Espanola celebrated his birthday
by catching a limit of nice fat rainbows while fishing near the village of
Chama. He was using salmon eggs and PowerBait under a split shot.
Cochiti Lake: Fishing was slow with just a few walleye and bass caught by anglers
using jigs and crank baits.
El Vado Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.
Fishing pressure was very light.
Fenton Lake:
Fishing continued to be very good from the bank and from boats. Anglers did
well using PowerBait, salmon eggs, wooly buggers, Pistol Petes, spoons and
spinners. Travis Lewis of Los Lunas
caught a limit of 9.5 to 12-inch rainbows on the 24th. He was using
a green and silver lure.
Heron Lake:
Fishing was good using PowerBait and salmon eggs from the bank for rainbow
trout. Kokanee snagging was slow. We had no other reports.
Jackson Lake: Fishing was good using small Kastmasters, PowerBait and salmon eggs for
trout. We had no other reports.
Jemez Waters: Stream flow on the Jemez River near Jemez Springs on Monday morning was
24.0 cfs. Fishing on the Jemez was good using copper John Barrs, custom tied
mop flies, Fire Balls and worms for trout. Trout fishing on the lower Cebolla
was fair to good using worms and Fire Balls. We had no other reports.
Laguna del Campo: Closed for the season.
Lagunitas Lakes: We had no reports from anglers this week.
Lake Farmington: Fishing was fair using PowerBait and salmon eggs for trout. We had no
other reports.
Manzano Lake: Fishing was fair to good using garlic PowerBait, salmon egg corn
combinations and worms for trout. Andrea Leon, 13, of Belen, had an awesome
time fishing here this past week with her mom and dad. They caught nine rainbow
trout ranging in size from 9 to 13 inches. They were using a variety of baits
with the best being Gulp cheese flavored pinched worms. We had no other reports.
Navajo Lake:
Fishing was fair using tubes, plastic worms, grubs, senkos and swim baits
worked slow for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. Fishing was slow to fair using
swim baits, chatter baits and jigs for northern pike. A few trout were caught
by anglers trolling crank baits and fishing from the bank with salmon eggs. We
had no other reports.
San Gregorio Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.
San Juan River: Stream flow on Monday morning was 387 cfs. Fly
fishing action through the Quality waters was good for anglers using rootbeers,
brassies, small zebra midges, crystal flash emergers, RS2, comparaduns, red
larva, parachute adams and small bead-head pheasant tail nymphs. Trout fishing
through the bait waters was fair to good using salmon eggs, wooly worms, PowerBait,
worms, prince nymphs, copper John Barrs and bead-head pheasant tail nymphs.
Seven Springs Brood Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.
Tingley Beach: Fishing at the Youth and Central ponds was very good
using PowerBait, salmon eggs, spoons, spinners, Pistol Petes, wooly buggers and
bead-head pheasant tail nymphs for trout. Fishing at the Bob Gerding Catch and
Release Pond was fair to good using small leech patterns, San Juan worms and
custom tied mop flies for trout. We had no other reports.
Trout Lakes: We had no reports from anglers this week.
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