By Mike Smith
El Rito Media
msmith@currentargus.com

Fishing conditions have not changed in southern and southeastern New Mexico as fall temperatures have arrived, according to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

Around Truth or Consequences, fishing for walleye was slow using small jigs at Caballo Lake. Fishing for crappie was good using small jigs and grubs.

At Elephant Butte Lake, fishing for white bass was good using white jigs and chrome Kastmaster lures.

Walleye fishing was good using white crankbaits and jigs tipped with worms. Fishing for largemouth bass was fair to good using topwater lures. Fishing for crappie was fair using live minnows near the Dam Site Marina.

Fishing for catfish was good using white jigs and cut bait.

At Percha Dam, fishing for walleye was fair using chartreuse and white jigs with curly tail grubs.

Along the Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam, fishing for catfish was good using chicken liver and cut bait.

Around Carlsbad, fishing for catfish was fair to good using cut bait and worms at Bataan Lake.

Fishing for bass was fair using plastic worms at Brantley Lake.

In Lincoln County, fishing for trout was fair to good using Panther Martin spinners at Bonito Lake.

Fishing for trout using worms was good at Grindstone Lake.

In Eastern New Mexico, fishing for smallmouth bass was fair to good using chrome-colored shad-pattern crankbaits at Sumner Lake. Fishing for catfish was fair using homemade green shaped wrap lead lures.

Along the Pecos River, fishing for catfish was good using chicken breasts and cut bait. Fishing for bass was fair using night crawler worms.

At Oasis Lake State Park, fishing was fair to good using plastic Creature Baits.

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 is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.

Mike Smith can be reached at 575-308-8734 or email at msmith@currentargus.com.