New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

Fishing for bass and trout remains good at lakes and streams in southwest and southeast New Mexico, according to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

Around Truth or Consequences, fishing for white bass was good at Elephant Butte Lake using Flicker Shad lures. Fishing for walleye was slow to fair when using white crankbaits and jigs tipped with worms.

Plastic worms are good to fair when fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass. Cut bait was good for catching catfish.

Around Carlsbad and Artesia, fishing for white bass was good using shad-pattern swimbaits at Brantley Lake.

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

At Bonito Lake, fishing for trout was good using olive-green Pistol Pete spinner flies.

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.