Jicarilla Fishing Blog

January 21st, 2025

Folks,

Quite cold this morning, but really no precipitation.

Last week we still had open water at Mundo which is now capped but the recently closed area (east side and south corner) are probably very thin. Boat ramp area has 4-6" of ice, pretty variable especially as you head east on the sheet.

Stone as seen in last weeks reports is very variable large pressure ridges and some open water with a few of the unluckiest ducks around. Very sketchy 3-4".

Embom 1-2" of highly unstable weak ice, pressure ridges, air pockets and cloudy. All the things you do not want to walk on.

Ice fishing is very dangerous. All fishing on the Nation is use at your own risk.

January 13th, 2025

Folks,

Winter like weather this morning, but now it is 45 and sunny. Strange times. High wind last week really didn't help the ice sheets forming many large pressure ridges. See photo of Stone lake below from this morning. Still quite a large assortment of water fowl enjoying the open water. Hopefully the weather forecast is correct and colder temperatures are headed this way. Sadly it seems the greater region is suffering from sketchy non-fishable conditions.

We will update the blog as conditions change, but this morning things are not looking promising.

January 8th, 2025

Happy New Year,

Ice closed signs remain up. Open water at all lakes especially during afternoon warming, edges are very soft and pressure ridging throughout all sheets.

Hope you all had a great holiday season and are ready for the new year.

Fish Crew will keep you updated on conditions but it appears ice conditions are not improving this week.

December 30th, 2024

Folks,

For the fish blog entry update of 2024 I wish I had better news, but the ice still isn't anywhere near fishable yet. Photos are from this morning. Open water at all lakes and very poor ice sheet development all around. On a side note some ambitious person could hand launch a boat into Stone and probably do amazing things.

Happy New Year from the Fish Crew!

December 28th, 2024

Folks,

Just a quick update. no ice fishing yet. Bad Ice and open water everywhere still. The better half of the Fish Crew went out and took some photos to help you understand how poor the conditions are currently.

Happy New Year! We will update the blog as soon as new information is available

All photos are from this afternoon. Mundo, Stone, and then Embom:

December 17th, 2024

Quick update:

If anything we have lost a little bit of ice this week with the warm day time temperatures.

Coverage at all lakes is about 90% or so depending on the time of day.

Over the holiday the Fish Crew will update the ice reports weekly if not a little more frequently as we get closer to fishing season.

Hope all is well,

December 11th, 2024

Folks,

Some quick updates. This morning on the drive in the temperature was -1F. Which is cold, cold enough to leave a sheet of ice completely over Embom, 90% of Stone, and 90% of Mundo at 2:00 this afternoon.

The Fish Crew put out ice safety signs today. It is not ice fishing season, but open water season is done...(weather depending of course).

As always as we know things we will let you know them.

December 2nd, 2024

Folks,

No angler reports have been submitted. Fish Crew has seen many folks with stacks of 20 inch fish and one fish from Stone over 25". It's disappointing with the amount of anglers coming to visit that no one is submitting reports, we'll keep you updated on ice conditions and other tidbits. We know the fish are good. NO ICE FISHING AS OF YET, but...

Stone is 80% covered in sheet ice as of this morning, some thawing could occur if temperatures stay high. Embom is 100% covered in sheet ice. Mundo as of this morning (see below):

Hope you all had a great turkey day holiday.

November 20th, 2024

Folks,

Quick updates:

Very cold and windy. This morning on the drive to work it was 5 degrees.

Thin sheet of ice especially around the edges of the lake possible, as winter sets in. No it isn't ice fishing season, but expect the potential for icing to increase daily...

Our lucky prize winner for the best fishing report won a $100.00 gift card to our friends at Los Pinos Fly and Tackle. The anglers report indicated their catch, the conditions at the lake, count of fisherman at the lake and other useful information. It also included a perspective and comment about his three decades fishing our ponds which is always neat to hear. Light competition very few anglers have been submitting reports...

Silly no one has been fishing Stone.

Over the weekend one angler noted slow fishing, but according to the angler "Managed 2 fish to the net, both were huge. Each fish was well over 20”. (photo below)

November 15th, 2024

Folks,

The weather has been a mixed bag, but night time temperatures are getting into the low teens pretty regularly. Some end of season updates include the following:

-Docks at Mundo have been put up for the season

-Construction activities continue at Mundo, expect heavy truck traffic and equipment for the next few weeks. Campground remains closed.

-Embom gate will be locked when road conditions indicate, most likely in the next few weeks.

-Easy limits from shore anglers using all manner of techniques

-One angler indicated this is the most 21-23" trout he has ever hooked in a single season at Mundo. One day he said he landed three or four and lost a half dozen or so more than 21".