Jicarilla Fishing Blog
14 January 2019
Folks,
We got our first uncoerced fishing report of the ice fishing season. Sounds like good fishing on jigs and worms at Mundo. With the standard, well doucmented mid-day lull in catches. No suprises here, if you are a regular angler of Mundo.
Ice conditions remain similar to the last post. Winter driving conditions have been present with light snows early this week. Drive safe and remember you can always access Mundo from the east side off the highway to avoid the dirt road if conditions are not great. This helps keep the road in decent condition and you avoid having to wash your truck on the way home.
Ice season won't last forever, get out and enjoy before it is to late.
J.
06 January 2020
Folks,
No fishing reports have been submitted... Which is slightly strange since quite a few folks have been fishing... Luckily the Fish Crew's better half through some fishing efforts of his own knows fishing has been HOT. Multiple fish over 20" caught over the last weekend. All types of bait working, jigs and so forth doing very well, even one angler using green peas had excellent success.
Mundo: 6-8"
Embom: 6-8"
Stone: 6" but not consistent in thickness across all samples.
Go fishing, Submit reports, be happy,
J.
02 January 2020
Folks,
Happy New Year!
We have not recieved a single report from fishermen or women. Luckily for you readers the better half of the Fish Crew went fishing over the weekend (The better half is not the half that writes the blog). Sounded like from his report there were 18 folks out at Mundo over the weekend and everyone was catching.
Mundo 5-8" of ice
Embom 5-8" of ice
Don't forget to help out and submit reports! Make it a new years resolution?
The Fish Crew will return to the office on January the 6th. The office will be back on normal business hours on January the 6th as well.
Happy New Year!
J.
Ice Report 23 December 2019
Just a quick update on ice conditions. This will be the last update until after the new year.
Mundo: 5-6" clear ice in all three locations tested
Embom: 6-8" clear in all three locations tested
Stone Lake: Ice sheet not connected to shore with open water present around the edges. Where the sheet is connected 1 inch or less of ice. VERY UNSAFE!!!
Merry Christmas from the Fisheries Crew!
J.
19 December 2019
Folks,
The ice season is just beginning to shape up. All the lakes have variable ice sheets with some areas of concern.
Mundo 3"-4.5" depending on location, unstable and variable especially near edges and boat ramp.
Embom 3-5" depending on location
Stone Lake 2-3" depending on location, very unstable and variable
The Fisheries Crew was not able to sample many locations due to the high variability and safety concerns during sampling. As always your personal safety is your responsibility. No ice sheet is "safe" and excellent individual judgement is required when going out on any iced water body.
If the weather patterns hold the Christmas prediction of good conditions may still hold.
J.
12 December 2019
Holiday Time!
Rain last week set our ice sheets back significantly. Currently, the ice sheet at Mundo is not fully connected to shore and is soft. Embom was soft and approximately 3 inches.
The winter holiday season will see light staff around the office. We will be closed the following days.
Closed the afternoon of 24th December (1-5pm)
Closed on the 25-27th of December
Closed the afternoon of 31st of December (1-5pm)
Closed on the 1st-3rd on January
The Fish Crew will be taking much deserved holidays starting the 16th and will return to full duties on the 6th of January. We will have intermittent access to e-mail. Ice updates will be posted to the blog when new information is received.
Merry Christmas,
J.
05 December 2019
Folks,
Just a quick update.
Mundo is fully covered in sheet ice, but is not safe for on ice travel.
Embom has 3" of soft ice, but is not safe for on ice travel.
If current trends continue it seems a Christmas ice season is possible. Obviously my crystal ball on the weather is very cloudy.
Roads are very muddy, and snow packed in some areas.
The Fish Crew will keep you updated as the conditions develop,
J.
26 November 2019
Folks,
It is full-blown winter this morning, and according to the weatherman, more winter is on its way. Roads are going to be a mix of snow packed on top of mud and mud, ice and snow on all paved roads with high winds and blowing snow.
Yesterday Mundo had sheet ice around the edges of most of the lake while Embom was 85% covered in sheet ice. No ice fishing yet, but if this weather holds it might only be a few weeks away.
The Department will be closed for the Turkey Day holiday 1/2 day the 27th full day 28th and 29th.
I will update the blog on our return Monday the 2nd of December.
Enjoy the holiday!
J.
21 November 2019
Folks,
Only one report was submitted this week. Two fishermen at Mundo caught 55 fish in 4 hours between 12-16" on wooly buggers and hares ears.
On a side note, it rained all day yesterday and snowed most of the morning today. All roads will be very muddy and access will be difficult. Stay off of dirt roads if possible. The weatherman says more moisture is due throughout the day today.
Be careful out there,
J.
13 November 2019
Folks,
No reports have been submitted but the Fisheries Crew has talked to a few fishermen. Most were reporting 30 fish days with minimal effort, the southeast corner of Mundo was mentioned as fishing well. Also, some anglers noted fishing being slower per hour at Embom but bigger fish on average. All lures, bait, and flies seemed to be working equally well among the anglers we spoke with.
It is almost the holidays, and that means winter. I'd go fishing sooner rather than later.
J.