Thursday, January 26, 2006

Stream Report for Friday January 27, 2006

Stream Report for Friday 27, 2006

 

San Juan River 361 cfs below Navajo Dam

Reports from a couple of our guides is that the water is still murky with visibility of about a foot. Fishing however, was good for anglers throwing larger sizes of the standard midge and baetis patterns, leeches and streamers. There was some fish coming up to BWO’s as well.

 

Rio Grande 264 cfs in the Wild and Scenic section and 440 cfs at Pilar

Fishing for trout remained slow this week with water temps straining to reach 37 degrees. A few were caught during the last hour of day light on Tuesday on black midge larvae fished along the edges. Pike fishing has been good this past week. Jarrett and I taught a Pike clinic for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited last Saturday. Almost everyone caught a pike, everyone definitely saw pike and one guy caught four! Truchas Chapter still has two spots left on the February 11th Pike Clinic. Contact them through truchaschatper_tu.org

 

Chama River 246 cfs below El Vado dam and 21 cfs below Abiquiu dam

Fishing remains fair below El Vado. Best reports are from anglers using big  beadheads dead drifted in runs 4-6 feet deep. The Abiquiu stretch has slowed some since the Corps lowered the releases out of the dam. The fish are very spooky in this low water and there seems to not be a whole lot of fish left. Rampant overharvesting occurs here. Please report any violators to NM Game and Fish.

 

Pecos River

The Pecos is iced over in many pools above the village of Pecos. Fishing is very slow. I haven’t had any reports from Villanueva State Park. It’s usually only fishes well after a recent stocking and it’s been a while.

 

Jemez River 27 cfs below Jemez Springs

Game and Fish had recently stocked the main stem Jemez. Other good places to fish are the San Antonio below San Antonio hot springs and the East Fork upstream of Battleship Rock.

 

Thanks to the few volunteers who helped NM Game and Fish stock brown trout fry in the Red River and Rio Grande. This past Tuesday and Wednesday, our shop staff, members of Trout Unlimited, and personnel from the Forest Service and BLM assisted Game and Fish in hiking live fry down into the upper Rio Grande and Red River. We should all appreciate their efforts to improve our fisheries.