As summer reaches the midpoint, anglers seeking catfish might want to haul their boats, fishing rods and tackle boxes to some popular spots along the Pecos River around Carlsbad.
At Bataan Lake, catfishing conditions were good using nightcrawlers. Largemouth bass conditions were fair using shallow-driving crankbaits.
Upstream from Bataan Lake at Carlsbad Municipal Lake, fair conditions were reported for catfish when using chicken livers.
At Santa Rosa Lake 219 miles north of Carlsbad, fishing for walleye was very good using worms. Largemouth bass were being caught with Pour House custom baits.
In western New Mexico, catfish conditions were slow to fair using homemade stink bait at Lake Roberts near Silver City.
Fishing for trout was slow to fair at Quemado Lake using Pink PowerBait and silver spoons on a bobber.
In northern New Mexico, trout fishing was slow to fair at Cabresto Lake using a size-16 soft hackle fly.
Along the Cimarron River, trout fishing was fair to good using a size-14 beaded egg-pattern fly.
At Red River, trout fishing was very good using red worms.
Fishing for trout was fair using elk hair caddis flies at Shuree Ponds.
At Ute Lake, fishing for white bass was slow to fair using chrome and chartreuse shallow wallet divers.
Fishing for northern pike was slow to fair using white spinner baits at Cochiti Lake. Fishing for carp was very good using sweet corn from the boat dock.
At Navajo Lake, fishing for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and northern pike was good using spinner baits.
Fishing for trout was good to very good using Garlic PowerBait and worms at Seven Springs Kids Pond.
In Albuquerque at Tingley Beach, fishing for catfish was good using chicken liver.
This fishing report has been generated from the best information available at the time of publication.
