By Mike Smith
El Rito Media
msmith@currenrgus.com

With summer weather hanging on across southeast and southwest New Mexico cooler waters and plenty of fish await anglers, according to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

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

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

Fishing for white bass was good using white jigs and chrome Kastmaster lures.

Walleye fishing was good using crankbaits and jigs tipped with worms and fishing for crappie was fair using live minnows near the Dam Site Marina.

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

Along the Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam, catfish were biting on chicken liver and cut bait.

Fishing for walleye was fair using chartreuse and white jigs with curly tail grubs at Percha Dam.

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

Fishing for trout was good using worms at Grindstone Lake.

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

Along the Pecos River below Sumner Lake, the streamflow was 101 cubic feet per second (cfs) and fishing for catfish was good using chicken breasts and cut bait. Bass fishing was fair using night crawler worms.

At Oasis State Park Lake near Portales, fishing for bass 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 may be reached at 575-308-8734 or via email at msmith@currentargus.com