new mexico brown trout

The Vivegash fire in 2000 burned approximately 38,000 acres in the headwaters of Cow Creek. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I now only keep enough for one meal to be eaten within a week. It reminds you that fishing, no matter how you rationalize it, is at its core a blood sport. After a few years the stream slowly was repopulated with Rio Grande cutthroats, cut-bows, rainbows, and brook trout that had managed to survive the fire in a few small headwater streams. Project Healing Waters 2020 Conservation Resources Tips & techniques Fly patterns Fishing reports Fishing NM Streams Fly fishing New Mexico Why put pressure on a species that was able to maintain itself through natural reproduction? Little Fenton Lake, which is heavily fished and stocked, has yielded a number of big brown trout, including a 34-incher a few years back. You know how it goes. While some of the headwaters tributaries were not devastated by the fire, it did wipe out most of Cow Creeks’ trout population. NM Trout merchandise Events Calendar 2020 Conclave Outreach projects Youth! None of these small headwater streams contained brown trout.Each year more of the trout my clients caught in Cow Creek were browns and at the same time they were catching fewer of the wild cutthroats, cut-bows, rainbows, and brook trout. In larger rivers such as the Rio Chama, Rio Grande and San Juan they can reach lengths of well over 20 inches. Now it’s down to five trout.

In smaller streams, where they can be very abundant, brown trout of less than 16 inches are more the norm. Human beings took up fishing as a way to get something to eat. Originally introduced from Europe (oldtimers still call them German browns) in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, they have proven to be adaptable to many different environments and are now established throughout the United States and the world.
That can be as few as one fish or as many as five (the legal limit), depending on the size and species I am catching. It is believed that the young brown trout, bigger and stronger because they were hatched in the fall, are able to out-compete the newly-hatched cutthroat trout in the spring. Other streams include the Rio Guadalupe in the Jemez and the Cimarron River below Eagle Nest Dam. With flies, it means streamers that mimic minnows like Wooly Buggers or crayfish imitations.
I still fish a few areas where because of natural barriers the browns have not yet arrived. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Several wild populations of brown trout occur throughout New Mexico. New Mexico Brown Trout Fishing Guide El Vado Lake Trout Fishing Public Access July 14, 2020 By Fly Fishing Guide on July 23, 2020 in El Vado Lake, Fly Fishing Stories, Guides, New Mexico Fly Fishing Reports, Video El Vado Lake is a reservoir located in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico. Spinners are a good choice in high and/or murky water because the trout can hone in on the vibration of the spinner blade.Then again, there will always be that odd big brown that a little girl using a pink Barbie Rod while soaking salmon eggs or Power Bait will catch. Also, I was realistic. They are harder to catch and live longer than other trout. Anglers would keep fishing even after they had caught eight rainbow trout, saying they were fishing for brown trout. By allowing anglers to catch so many brown trout, the reasoning was it would reduce pressure on the stocked rainbows.I thought that reasoning was flawed at the time. Trout are delicious and good for you.Despite the pressure put on brown trout, they continue to thrive and reproduce naturally in many of our state’s streams, rivers and lakes. Anglers who complete the challenge in New Mexico waters receive special awards & appear on this page. We welcome you to get acquainted with us through our website and by joining us at our next monthly meeting.

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