Fishing Report 11/24/10
This week’s report will be brief due to the lack of reports that came in. Winter weather has done its best to keep us away from the lakes in the last of our open water season. I guess we can’t complain too much since this year the fall seemed to go on forever. Recent nighttime lows have pulled Enbom out of contention with a fresh sheet of thin clear ice. Now we wait and see if the new aeration system does its job and keeps those fat little trout alive until spring. Mundo Lake did have a little action and folks did well for nice trout and the year’s first reported Brown Trout. Stone Lake was stocked with one last load of fish for the year as we continue to bump up numbers in hopes of getting on top of the prey abundance issue. Time is running short for open water at the Jicarilla Fishing Lakes.
Mundo Lake was fishing well from the shore with powerbait over the weekened. The average catch was approximately 12-14 inches. We suspect that a portion of those fish were the ones that were recently transplanted from Enbom lake. The year’s first Brown trout (17”) was also reported just a few days after we were surprised to capture them via the electrofishing survey. These fish have been in the lake for over two years and somehow they have stayed off the radar until now. The docks have been removed at Mundo and time is running short.
Stone Lake is the other option for fishing this week. The wind is doing its job of keeping the ice away, but unfortunately it is also keeping the anglers out too. Historically, this is a good time to catch big fish at Stone Lake so I wish you brave souls the best of luck. For everyone else, have a wonderful Turkey Day!!
Kevin Terry
Fisheries Biologist
Jicarilla Apache Game and Fish Department
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