Drought Ends Lakes, Challenges Fishermen

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(Courtesy photo) Rio Grande SUN Staff writer George Morse holds one of the three good-sized rainbow trout he caught to fill his limit at Laguna del Campo (formerly Burns Lake) May 24 near Los Ojos. Laguna del Campo is restricted to anglers 14 years of age or younger and 65 year of age or older. The state Game and Fish Department has stocked several lakes in Rio Arriba County with rainbow trout averaging 15-16 inches in size, including 448 fish stocked May 23 at Laguna del Campo.

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By George Morse
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One of my favorite trout lakes is gone, but hopefully not forever. Maxwell Lake 13, near the small town of Maxwell, out on the eastern plains of our state dried up May 16, a victim of the prolonged drought we…

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