By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Kokanee salmon snagging season opened Oct. 1 at Navajo Lake, El Vado Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.
Snagging season at Heron Lake begins Nov. 11 after the egg-taking operation. Possession of kokanee salmon at Heron Lake is prohibited from Oct. 1 until Nov. 11.
All snagging seasons end Dec. 31 at all locations.
In recent years, the best snagging success has been at Navajo Lake.
The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 6,493 Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oct. 1 in six high-elevation lakes in the Pecos Wilderness
The streamflow in the Rio Grande at Cerro near the Colorado border is just 67.5 cubic-feet-per-second. This is lower than last week.
Streamflow in Rio Grande at Embudo was 211cubic-feet-per-second. This is lower than last week. It is below normal.
Fenton Lake State Park is open. Camping is reservation only. It was stocked Aug. 28 with 325 Rio Grande cutthroat trout averaging 12.9 inches. Fenton Lake was stocked Sept. 17 with 1,866 catchable-size rainbow trout. There are also wild brown trout. Only two cutthroat trout may be kept as part of a five-trout daily bag limit.
Call 575.829.3630 for current conditions.
The Rio Cebolla flows into and out of Fenton Lake. It was stocked Sept. 9 with 449 rainbow trout. It also has wild brown trout and Rio Grande cutthroat trout above Fenton Lake.
The Seven Springs Brood Pond, also known as the Kid’s Pond, is open to anglers 11 years of age and younger. There are also some wild brown trout. It is north of Fenton Lake. It was stocked Aug. 20 with 200 rainbow trout averaging 17.4 inches. It was stocked Aug.27 with 450 catchable-size rainbow trout.
The Jemez River streamflow was 19.0 cubic-feet-per-second. This is lower than last week. It was last stocked May 20 with rainbow trout and has wild brown trout.
The San Antonio River, another Jemez tributary, was stocked Sept. 9 with 687 rainbow trout. All streams in the Jemez drainage have wild brown trout.
Santa Cruz Lake near Chimayo is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The state-record rainbow trout was caught here. It was stocked Sept. 30 with 1,928 catchable-size rainbow trout. There are also wild brown trout. It is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Monday. Call 505.351.1438 or visit blm.gov/visit/santa-cruz-lake-recreation-area.
Blue-green algae has been detected at Santa Cruz. Do not let pets get in or drink water from the lake. Do not swim in the water.