Jicarilla fishing Report 03-08-10

[NMFISHN]

Fishing Report 3/8/10
   Fishing is not recommended on the Jicarilla Lakes right now for several reasons. The primary factor is that the fishing has just not been very good lately. With that said, there are several other factors to consider before coming out. The roads are in poor condition with a mixture of heavy wet snow, snow drifts, and thick nasty mud. I had to use 4wd to get around Stone Lake where the only current access is at Manghani Point. I also had to use 4wd at Mundo Lake to get to the spillway (parking area) and barely made it in due to a thick layer of slush over very soft gooey mud. We are supposed to continue getting wet snow and rain until Wednesday (3/10). Also, the edges of the ice sheet are beginning to melt in areas and you may fall through where the ice hits the shore. The ice itself is still thick (14-18 inches) but the top is slushy and there are some areas where water is pooling up on top of the ice on warm days. This will most likely be the last week of possible ice fishing, but the policy this week will be USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!!!!
   The one and only report this week is from Russell Vigil, a Dulce local, who fished Stone Lake on Wednesday (3/3/10). He was using a pink jig fishing near Manghani Point and caught 2 big Rainbows. One fish was 21 ½ inches and weighed 7 lbs. The other fish was 21 ¼ inches and weighed 5lbs. Despite the intriguing results of Russell’s outing, I want to reiterate that fishing has been very slow at both lakes. With any luck, we’ll be fishing open water by the season opener (4/1/10).
Kevin Terry
Fisheries Biologist 

[BigFishallday]

If you go to Stone, plan on adding $20.00 to the cost of your trip to get all the mud off via pressure washer at the local car wash.  It took me 1/2 the day last year.

[lucholos]

cant wait for open water. gonna hunt the bass in there again.

[Rad]

Its very tempting to try to hit up stone, but i will just wait for open water. Instead I think i'll try mc fee lake in colorado to get on the ice again