Jicarilla Fishing Blog
03 February 2020
Folks,
Ice is in similar conditions to last week. After the crazy warm weekend, the roads are muddy. Use extreme caution. Two anglers were kind enough to submit reports, both said about the same thing limits of 10-16" trout all on jigs, and big surprise wax worms.
The weatherman said snow is coming so use your best judgment when traveling, no fish is worth a stay in the ditch.
J.
30 January 2020
I received a report from an angler who "had the best weekend ever" at Mundo. She was even nice enough to include a picture of her husband, who she let come fishing with her. Get out and enjoy the ice season before it is too late. 
27 January 2020
Quick update. Warm weather over the weekend and then snow today. Who knows what the short term forecast has in store.
10 inches of ice at Mundo, holes with signs of fish being caught
9 inches of ice at Embom, holes with signs of fish being caught
Stone is seperating from the edge on the east side and had less that 6" at the boat ramp.
No angler reports submitted. That makes my blog writing easier...
J.
22 January 2020
Folks,
Winter conditions currently on all roads in and around the Nation. Unsure what the weatherman is saying about it, but I suggest you make a point to check the weather before venturing this way. Warmer weather and wet "snow rain" have caused some slush on the ice sheet. Be very careful as conditions can change very quickly. Roads are very wet and muddy, use east access to Mundo.
I wanted to make sure we got folks thinking warm thoughts... Get out your calendars and pencil in the 14th Annual Jicarilla Fishing Derby for May 2nd, 2020! The Fisheries Crew will post updates as they become available. But I didn't want to hear about not enough advance notice on our derby this year, so 4.75 months advanced notice is hopefully sufficient.
No fishing reports were submitted by anglers.
J.
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.