New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

Fishing is good at lakes across southeast and southwest New Mexico as November temperatures remain above average.

Around Truth or Consequences, fishing for white bass was good using Flicker Shad lures at Elephant Butte Lake.

Fishing for walleye was slow to fair using white crankbaits and jigs tipped with worms. Fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass was fair to good using plastic worms.

Fishing for catfish was good using cut bait and marinated garlic shrimp.

In Lincoln County, fishing for trout was fair to good at Bonito Lake using olive-green Pistol Pete spinner flies.

At Grindstone Lake, fishing for trout was good using Rooster Tail spinners, Salmon Peach PowerBait, chartreuse Pautzke Balls O’ Fire and mini marshmallows.

This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish in cooperation with Dustin Berg of www.gounlimited.org has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report was compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.