CHAMA RIVER: Monday morning water flows below El Vado and Abiquiú dams were 91 cubic feet per second and 72 cubic feet per second, respectively. Fishing below El Vado was good using wooly buggers, Panther Martins and night crawlers for brown trout. Fishing below Abiquiú was slow.
EAGLE NEST LAKE: Kokanee snagging was fair for anglers working the south side by boat. The snagging is nearly over and the fish are getting quite soft. Bank fishing for trout was slow with just a few fish taken using power bait and roe sacs.
HERON LAKE: Kokanee snagging was very good Nov. 14-15, but slowed on Sunday. Fishing for rainbow trout was very good near the spillway. The best baits were roe sacs and salmon eggs. Anglers fishing for rainbows and using roe sacs also caught a few lake trout near the dam and in the Willow Beach area.
JEMEZ WATERS: Water flow on the Jemez as of Monday was 28 cubic feet per second near Jemez Springs. Trout fishing on the Jemez and the East Fork was fair using salmon eggs, copper john bars and worms. Fishing on the San Antonio and the Rio Cebolla was slow.
NAVAJO LAKE: Kokanee snagging here appears to be over for the year. Trout fishing was slow with just a few taken by anglers using roe sacs and salmon eggs.
PECOS RIVER: As of Monday morning, water flow near the town of Pecos was 67 cubic feet per second. Trout fishing was fair using night crawlers, salmon eggs, copper john bars, small spinners and egg patterns.
RIO GRANDE: The water flow Monday morning at Taos Junction Bridge was 312 cubic feet per second. Trout fishing was good using wooly buggers, copper john bars, spinners and night crawlers for brown trout and a few rainbows. Fishing for northern pike was slow but a few were taken by anglers using large flies and jerk baits.
SAN JUAN: Water flow below Navajo Lake as of Monday morning was 496 cubic feet per second. Trout fishing was slow to fair in the Quality Waters section. The best baits were dead chickens, red hots, RS2s, wooly buggers and BWOs. Fishing through the bait waters was fair using night crawlers, garlic cheese and streamers.
Catches of the Week
FENTON LAKE: On Nov. 13, Dee Keaty, 80, caught her first fish, a rainbow trout. She was trolling a green Pistol Pete.
SAN JUAN: On Nov. 15, Matt Pelletier of Albuquerque caught a 26-inch rainbow trout. He was fishing the Cable Hole and using a dead chicken.
The Fishing Report is published by the state Game and Fish Department. To submit information or Catches of the Week, e-mail fishforfun2@hotmail.com.