FIshing Report 4-22-08
Fishing Report 4/22/08
The spawn is on at Stone Lake, and we have seen some real lunkers come out to play. The weather has cooperated, and the visibility continues to improve, which makes for tremendous sight fishing to large Rainbows in Stone Lake. Mundo Lake is also fishing well, and will be stocked tomorrow (4/23/08). I have a great brand new collection of spring photos that will make their debut today or tomorrow in the photo gallery. If you have been waiting for your chance to catch a 6-7 lb. trout from Stone you should gas up the car, throw ice in the cooler, and get here NOW.
Stone Lake has been fishing well particularly on the North side of the lake where spawners are known to congregate in good numbers. By well, I mean that you will have a shot to sight fish for Rainbows in cold shallow water and potentially catch 3-5 fish per day. Fly fishermen should bring 3x leaders and use no less than 4x to the second fly. There have been some tremendous fish caught since last week when we first started to see the spawners cruising the shorelines. They have been picked up on a wide variety of both flies and lures and seem to be more opportunistic than selective. The popular lures are crocodiles, daredevils, and rainbow trout patterened spoons and rapalas. On the fly side San Juan worms, egg patterns, various beadhead wollybuggers, chironomidae emergers, and other beadhead patterns have all been reported. The big boys of the week were both caught by Faustin Lavato from Albuquereque. On Monday (4/21) he caught a hen that measured 24” and weighed in at 6.8 lbs. This Morning (4/22) he caught another hen that measured 24 ¼” and weighed in at 7.7 lbs. I don’t think I have to convince any of you that these are big fish. Adam Jimenez from Rio Rancho also caught a whopper at Stone that was approximately 23” and 6 lbs. As mentioned, some great photos will be uploaded soon so check out what Stone Lake has for you.
Mundo Lake is also fishing well for Rainbows in 12-13” range with a few at 15”. The best reports were from anglers using lures and pistol petes/ beadhead wollybuggers. Daredevils and spinners are also getting decent attention. On the bait side, the fishing is good but the action is a little slower. Several anglers have reported around 1-2 fish per hour on powerbait and worms. There haven’t been any good reports on Catfish, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not hitting. They had a tough long winter out there and should be hungry. The water is still cold (mid 50s) so give the fish a little time to get to the bait. I did talk to one gung ho Bass Man who gave it a good shot for one bite last week. It may be just a little early yet for the Bass. We will be stocking Mundo tomorrow with approximately 10,000 8” Rainbows from Arizona.
Also stay tuned for info on our first trophy load headed for Enbom and Mundo sometime soon. These fish really made things interesting last year, and we will have better numbers this year.
Attached below is a leave slip that should work for any employer
Keep Dreaming, or just come out and FISH!!!!!!
Kevin Terry
Fisheries Biologist
The spawn is on at Stone Lake, and we have seen some real lunkers come out to play. The weather has cooperated, and the visibility continues to improve, which makes for tremendous sight fishing to large Rainbows in Stone Lake. Mundo Lake is also fishing well, and will be stocked tomorrow (4/23/08). I have a great brand new collection of spring photos that will make their debut today or tomorrow in the photo gallery. If you have been waiting for your chance to catch a 6-7 lb. trout from Stone you should gas up the car, throw ice in the cooler, and get here NOW.
Stone Lake has been fishing well particularly on the North side of the lake where spawners are known to congregate in good numbers. By well, I mean that you will have a shot to sight fish for Rainbows in cold shallow water and potentially catch 3-5 fish per day. Fly fishermen should bring 3x leaders and use no less than 4x to the second fly. There have been some tremendous fish caught since last week when we first started to see the spawners cruising the shorelines. They have been picked up on a wide variety of both flies and lures and seem to be more opportunistic than selective. The popular lures are crocodiles, daredevils, and rainbow trout patterened spoons and rapalas. On the fly side San Juan worms, egg patterns, various beadhead wollybuggers, chironomidae emergers, and other beadhead patterns have all been reported. The big boys of the week were both caught by Faustin Lavato from Albuquereque. On Monday (4/21) he caught a hen that measured 24” and weighed in at 6.8 lbs. This Morning (4/22) he caught another hen that measured 24 ¼” and weighed in at 7.7 lbs. I don’t think I have to convince any of you that these are big fish. Adam Jimenez from Rio Rancho also caught a whopper at Stone that was approximately 23” and 6 lbs. As mentioned, some great photos will be uploaded soon so check out what Stone Lake has for you.
Mundo Lake is also fishing well for Rainbows in 12-13” range with a few at 15”. The best reports were from anglers using lures and pistol petes/ beadhead wollybuggers. Daredevils and spinners are also getting decent attention. On the bait side, the fishing is good but the action is a little slower. Several anglers have reported around 1-2 fish per hour on powerbait and worms. There haven’t been any good reports on Catfish, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not hitting. They had a tough long winter out there and should be hungry. The water is still cold (mid 50s) so give the fish a little time to get to the bait. I did talk to one gung ho Bass Man who gave it a good shot for one bite last week. It may be just a little early yet for the Bass. We will be stocking Mundo tomorrow with approximately 10,000 8” Rainbows from Arizona.
Also stay tuned for info on our first trophy load headed for Enbom and Mundo sometime soon. These fish really made things interesting last year, and we will have better numbers this year.
Attached below is a leave slip that should work for any employer
Keep Dreaming, or just come out and FISH!!!!!!
Kevin Terry
Fisheries Biologist
posted by Kevin Terry at 7:55 AM
1 Comments:
You need to fish the Apache version of "Monster Lake", see you there very soon, the camping is great as the Apache People. I love this land and the resources. This place has a special place in my heart and soul.
CHIEF
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