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Fishing was slow-to-fair using crank baits, spoons and minnows for white bass and a few walleye. Fishing was fair using senkos, jigs, worms and chigger craws for black bass. Most of the bass were in less than 10 feet of water. Fishing for all other species was slow.

Water flow on the Gila as of this past Monday was 105cfs. We had no reports from anglers.

We had no reports from anglers this week.

Trout fishing was fair-to-good using salmon eggs, power bait and garlic cheese

Fishing was slow-to-fair using power bait and spinners for trout. We had no reports on tiger musky.

Water flow below Elephant Butte on Monday was 1,230cfs. Fishing below Elephant Butte was fair-to-good using worms and spinners for trout. A few walleye were taken by anglers using grubs and sassy shad We had no reports on other species. Fishing below Caballo was slow.

Trout fishing was fair using salmon eggs, spinners and power bait.

Anglers are to practice catch and release for all fish here as high levels of DDT were found in several fish.

Water flow on Monday below Sumner Lake was 96cfs. Trout fishing was slow-to-fair using power bait, worms and salmon eggs.

Fishing was fair using minnows, jigs and spoons for walleye. Anglers fishing for walleye reported catching a few bass and crappie.

We had no reports from anglers this week.

Bank fishing for trout at Lake Maloya was very good using rainbow and pink power baits for 12-to-14 inch fish. Lake Alice was closed due to thin ice. For updated conditions call the state park office at 575-445-5607.