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Jim McDonald caught 15 white bass while trolling using #400 and #500 Buck Perry Spoon Plugs on a 5-foot break line on April 12.
Source: New Mexico Game and Fish
Photos: Courtesy
Elephant Butte Lake: Jim McDonald [Top-Left] caught 15 white bass while trolling using #400 and #500 Buck Perry Spoon Plugs on a 5-foot break line on April 12. “The white bass were very active and hitting the bottom-bumping lures at trolling speeds of 4.5 mph,” he said. Brandon Huff [Bottom-Left] caught a largemouth bass using a jig-head minnow on April 11. Roy Pack [Bottom-Right] caught 17 white bass using a Rapala Shad Rap on April 10. “It was clear and warm,” he said. “It was my first day out since the warm-up. I caught all these fish in less than an hour of trolling.”
Escondida Lake: Jay Lam [2nd-Top], age 3, caught his first fish at the Escondida Fishing Derby using PowerBait on April 5. He won first place in his age group and caught the largest fish of the entire derby, winning a new bike.
Lake Roberts: Arabela [3rd-Top] caught seven rainbow trout while trolling a Rooster Tail on April 7.
Rancho Grande Ponds: After a morning of turkey hunting and filling his first turkey tag, Austyn Riley [Top-Right], age 12, of Laguna Pueblo caught his limit of rainbow trout using PowerBait.
Bill Evans Lake: Sarah Jaurequi [Bottom-Middle] caught five largemouth bass, as well as this rainbow trout, using PowerBait on April 11.
- Alumni Pond: Closed for repairs until further notice.
- Bear Canyon Lake: Fishing for catfish was fair to good when using PowerBait.
- Bill Evans Lake: Fishing for largemouth bass and rainbow trout was very good when using PowerBait.
- Caballo Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.
- Elephant Butte Lake: Fishing for white bass was good when trolling and using #400 and #500 Buck Perry Spoon Plugs and Rapala Shad Rap lures. Fishing for largemouth bass was fair to good when using jig-head minnows.
- Escondida Lake: Fishing for catfish was good when using PowerBait.
- Gila River: Streamflow near Gila Wednesday morning was 39.2 cfs. Fishing for trout was very good when using Parachute Adams flies.
- Gila Waters: Streamflow near Gila Hot Springs Wednesday morning was 42.8 cfs. Fishing for Gila trout in Whitewater Creek was slow to fair when using flies.
- Glenwood Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.
- Lake Roberts: Fishing for trout was good when trolling Rooster Tails.
- Percha Dam: We had no reports from anglers this week.
- Quemado Lake: Fishing for trout was slow to fair when using Garlic PowerBait.
- Rancho Grande Ponds: Fishing for rainbow trout was good when using PowerBait.
- Rio Grande: Streamflow below Elephant Butte Dam on Wednesday morning was 1.85 cfs.
- Snow Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.
- Trees Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.
- Young Pond: Fishing for bluegill was good when using Neon Green Glitter PowerBait.
