Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
Compiled by Department of Game and Fish
The fishing report has been generated from the best information available from Department of Game and Fish officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, however, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.
Northeast
Conchas Lake: Fishing was slow for all species. Fishing pressure was very light.
Eagle Nest Lake: Closed to fishing due to thin ice conditions. For updates, call the State Park office at (575) 377-1594.
Lake Alice: Closed to fishing due to thin ice conditions. For updates, call the State Park office at (505) 445-5607.
Lake Maloya: Closed to fishing due to thin ice conditions. Call the State Park office at (505) 445-5607 for updates.
Monastery Lake: Anglers are reminded that ice fishing is not permitted on this lake.
Pecos River: Trout fishing in the Villanueva area was fair using small bead-head nymphs, salmon eggs and PowerBait.
Red River: Stream flow below the hatchery on Monday was 46 cfs. Fishing was good using micro mays, scuds, crane fly nymphs and emergers for brown and rainbow trout.
Rio Grande: Stream flow on Monday at the Taos Junction Bridge was 471 cfs. Fishing was slow to fair using worms, wooly buggers and spoons for rainbow trout. Tom Chrobocinski of Ojo Caliente caught two nice rainbows December 29. He was fishing by the John Dunn Bridge and using a weighted white Joe’s fly. We had no other reports.
Santa Cruz Reservoir: We had no reports from anglers this week. No ice fishing is allowed on this lake.
Storrie Lake: There is a thin layer of ice on the lake and it is closed to fishing. For updates, call the State Park office at (505) 425-7278.
Ute Lake: Fishing was slow for all species. Fishing pressure was very light.
Southeast
Alto Lake: Fishing was fair using orange and red PowerBait and salmon eggs for trout. We had no other reports.
Bataan Lake: Fishing was good using PowerBait for trout. We had no other reports.
Black River: Stream flow at Malaga on Monday was 13 cfs. We had no reports from anglers this week.
Blue Hole Park Pond: Fishing was fair to good using PowerBait and salmon eggs for trout. We had no other reports.
Bonito Lake: Closed until further notice by the city of Alamogordo due to fire damage.
Bosque Redondo Lake: Fishing was fair to good using PowerBait and salmon egg corn combinations for trout. We had no other reports.
Bottomless Lakes: Fishing was fair to good using salmon eggs and PowerBait for trout.
Brantley Lake: Anglers are required to catch and release all fish here as high levels of pesticides have been found in some fish. We had no reports from anglers this week.
Carlsbad Municipal Lake: Fishing was very good using orange, rainbow and red PowerBait and salmon eggs for trout. We had no other reports.
Chaparral Park Lake: Fishing was good using wax worms, salmon eggs and PowerBait for trout. We had no other reports.
Green Meadow Lake: Fishing was good using PowerBait and homemade dough bait for trout. We had no other reports.
Greene Acres Lake: Fishing was very good using rainbow, red and pink PowerBait for trout.
Lake Van: Fishing was fair using PowerBait, homemade dough bait, salmon eggs and spoons for trout. We had no other reports.
Oasis Park Lake: Fishing was good using PowerBait and homemade dough bait for trout.
Pecos River: Stream flow below Sumner Lake on Monday was 22 cfs. Trout fishing was good using wax worms, PowerBait, garlic cheese and salmon eggs. We had no other reports.
Ruidoso River: Stream flow at Hollywood on Monday was 6.1cfs. Trout fishing was fair using salmon eggs for trout.
Santa Rosa Lake: The shoreline was free of ice and open to bank fishing. We had no reports from anglers.
Catch of the Week
Ute Lake: Andres Alvarado, 13, of Santa Fe, his dad and a good friend caught some good walleye and white bass Dec. 21. They were jigging blade baits.
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