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Rating - Good   

Wednesday, May 08 2024
Fishing for bass was good when using green tubes. Fishing for white bass was very good when using green tubes, umbrella shad rigs and Creme Lure jigs. Fishing for crappie was fair when using green tubes. Fishing for catfish was good when using cut shad bait and cut carp bait.

Wednesday, May 08 2024



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GPS: 33.180987, -107.202744

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Elephant Butte Weather

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Fishing was fair to good using spoons for white bass. Fishing was slow to fair using jigs, drop shot rigs, tubes and creature baits for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. We had no reports on other species.

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Elephant Butte

RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!


Rating - Good

Fishing for bass was good when using green tubes. Fishing for white bass was very good when using green tubes, umbrella shad rigs and Creme Lure jigs. Fishing for crappie was fair when using green tubes. Fishing for catfish was good when using cut shad bait and cut carp bait.


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Canjilon Lakes

Unknown

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Sumner Lake

Unknown

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Good

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Streamflow below Sumner Lake Monday morning was 98 cfs. Fishing for bass was good when using Z-Man Slim Swimz at 6 Mile Dam
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Santa Rosa Lake

Fair

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San Gregorio Lake

Unknown

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Quemado Lake

Fair

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Unknown

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Santa Cruz Lake

Good

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Morphy Lake

Good

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Fishing for trout was good when using Green Garlic PowerBait and white Pistol Pete spinner flies.
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Fair

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05/08/2024
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Unknown

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05/08/2024
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Heron Lake

Fair

 New

05/08/2024
Fishing for carp was fair to good when using Boilie Bait.
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Caballo

Fair

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05/08/2024
Fishing for catfish was fair to good when using cut bait. Fishing for crappie was fair when using small jigs.
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Grindstone Reservoir

Good

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05/08/2024
Fishing for trout was good when using PowerBait and Kastmaster lures
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Ute Lake

Good

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05/08/2024
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Rio Grande (South)

Unknown

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05/08/2024
Streamflow below Elephant Butte Dam on Monday morning was 1,190 cfs.
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Rio Grande (North)

Poor

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05/08/2024
Streamflow below the Taos Junction Bridge on Monday morning was 958 cfs. Fishing for trout was slow. Anglers reported high water ...
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Red River

Unknown

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05/08/2024
Streamflow below the Red River Hatchery on Monday morning was 91 cfs.
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Lake Maloya

Good

 New

05/08/2024
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Eagle Nest Lake

Good

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05/08/2024
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Conchas Lake

Good

 New

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Cimarron River

Unknown

 New

05/08/2024
Streamflow near Cimarron Monday morning was 38 cubic feet per second (cfs).
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Unknown

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05/08/2024
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Fair

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Good

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Fenton Lake

Fair

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05/08/2024
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Cochiti Lake

Fair

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Monastery Lake

Good

 New

05/08/2024
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Fair

 New

05/08/2024
Fishing for trout was fair to good when using salmon eggs, worms and Yellow PowerBait.
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Tingley Beach

Good

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Good

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Fair

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Good

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Good

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