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NMDGF - Fishing Report
This fishing report has been generated from the best information available from officers and anglers..
Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, however, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities..
You may obtain a license at one of the many license vendors around the state, at Department of Game and Fish offices in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Raton or Roswel.
If you have a catch of the week story, send it to us at billfishnm@hotmail.com .
Include date, location, type of fish, length and bait used to catch the fish.
CHARETTE LAKES : Trout fishing was reported as slow-to-fair this past week.
CIMARRON RIVER : Trout fishing in the lower canyon area has been good for anglers using bead head San Juan worms, copper john barrs and prince nymphs.
CLAYTON LAKE : Trout fishing continued to be excellent this past week as a good number of anglers caught their limits.
COCHITI LAKE : Fishing was fair for anglers fishing the lower end of the lake and using drop shot rigs with robo worms.
CONCHAS LAKE : Fishing this past week was rated as slow for bass and fair for walleye with very windy conditions.
Anglers fishing for walleye did best using bottom bouncer/minnow rigs, bottom bouncer/crawler rigs and crank baits.


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Sports: Fish survey to slow down during move
Outdoors Fish survey to slow down during move By RODNEY PAGE, Times Staff Writer.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Stock Enhancement Research Facility in Port Manatee has released more than 400-million redfish fingerlings into Tampa Bay since January 2000, when the redfish enhancement project began.
During that time, researchers have gathered valuable information about survival rates and habits of redfish in Tampa Bay..
But it will take some private funds to build 12 new 1 acre ponds and six quarter-acre ponds that hold thousands of redfish fingerlings..
The facility opened in 1988 as the only state run marine fish hatchery.
Since then it has applied research and developed technology to rear finfish such as snook and redfish as well as invertebrates such as bay scallops and queen conch..
Today, the facility is devoted solely to redfish..
'We discovered back in the '70s that fish reproduce according to change in water temperature and sunlight, ' Halstead said.
'Those are things we can control in our lab, and redfish were the first fish to respond to those cues.'.
The goal is to study how hatchery-raised redfish fare against redfish born in the wild.

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Recreation Report: Southwest Zone: Fishing - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Angling for bass and panfish has been slowed by the cool weather but should improve when the weather warms up.
Largemouth bass and panfish are also available.
COOS COUNTY LAKES: Trout fishing is good in local lakes.
The Millicoma Interpretive Center youth fishing pond has been very productive for kids.
Fishing equipment is available for kids to use at the Millicoma Pond.
Warmwater fishing is also improving with some large bass showing up at Tenmile Lakes.
Effort has dropped off, allowing any remaining anglers to fish in less crowded conditions.
Surf perch and other marine fish are available in Coos Bay.
Steelhead are still available in the Coquille but fishing has slowed as we hit the end of the run and anglers may encounter runbacks this time of year.
Striped bass are available in the Coquille estuary where anglers usually do better fishing after dark.
As a result, fishing for bass and panfish is slow, but should improve when the water warms .
Fishing for bass and panfish has been fair, but should improve when the weather warms..
FISH LAKE: Legal-sized rainbow will be stocked this week, and brook trout are available.
Angling effort has been light with the cold weather, but fishing should be good once the weather warms up.

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Recreation Report: Southeast Zone: Fishing - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact Klamath Watershed Office (541) 883-5732 or the Hines Office (541) 573-6553 for more information on fishing opportunities.
Look for rising trout in shaded areas of the river or wait until overcast days to fish over rising fish.
These fish can be very spooky so stealth is required.
Flyfishing with small bead head pheasant tails (#16-18) on the swing can be a productive technique.
BURNT RIVER: Upstream from Huntington-Richland Road Bridge will be opened for fishing on April 28.
Chewaucan River: River flows are decreasing and water temperatures are producing improved fishing conditions.
Look for fishing to be best in the early mornings.
The best method for fishing Cottonwood Reservoir is angling from the dam or trolling minnow imitations (rapalas, cleos, deceiver flies) from a boat.
Cottonwood Reservoir is not stocked and the fish you catch are native redband trout produced in Cottonwood Creek.
The Reservoir is spilling; fishing in the creek will improve but access is limited.
Angling for wild redband trout has been slow.
Some anglers have caught fish trolling lures or flies but catch rates are low.
Angling from shore using bait or lures has also been effective but has been slow.

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