Announcements
NM anglers can show their pride and support conservation with a special ediiton Rio Grande cutthroat trout license plate. Initial cost for the plate is $27, with $15 going to the Share with Wildlife Program ... Read More
Conclave information You can purchase your 2018 Conclave tickets in the following ways
- Online (see below)
- At the February monthly meeting
- At Los Pinos Fly and Tackle Shop and Charlie’s Sporting Goods (coming soon)
- At the door (although lunch is not guaranteed)
The January 2018 meeting will be held Tuesday, January 9, at 7:00 PM in the McCall Performing Arts Center at Sandia Prep. Gary Calkins, NMDGF, will tell us about their Open Gate Program. The Board has has opened a dialog with NMDGF about making a contribution,which would be matched by federal funds, to open private water for fishing in northern New Mexico. Come on out. Have a cup of coffee and enjoy some donut holes and then hear what should be a very interesting presentation. MeetUp ... Read More
This month's meeting will be held Tuesday, December 12, at 7:00 PM in the McCall Performing Arts Center at Sandia Prep. Marc Wethington, NMDGF Navajo Dam Biologist, will discuss San Juan fisheries studies and current fishing on the San JuanRiver ... Read More
The 2018 New Mexico Trout Conclave will be held Saturday, March 24 at Sandia Prep. Save the date! ... Read More
It's time to renew your membership for the 2018 year. Regular membership is $30 per year. Your dues are used for conservation projects and we have a large one coming up next year. You can renew online, by mail or at a meeting ... Read More
by Noah Parker, reprinted with permission from https://loeflyfishing.com With the beginning of the new licensing period on April 1st, 2017, the new catch and release area on the Chama River below El Vado Dam was implemented and became a reality. The New Mexico Game and Fish Commission (NMDG&F) approved catch and release regulations on this section of the Chama River at its November 17, 2016 meeting in Grants. The new regulation, as written by NMDG&F staff, applies to a three-mile stretch of the river that starts 1.3 miles below the El Vado Dam. The first 1.3 mile section of the ... Read More
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is proposing new rules. Some of the changes are:
- Modifications to the Special Trout Water (STW) program including increasing designated waters by 52 miles, reducing the number of Special Trout Water classifications from over eleven to four, and removing some waters that no longer meet the STW designation.
- Lifting catch-and-release only designation at Brantley Lake
- Adding Alumni Pond, Corona Pond, Estancia Pond, Perch Lake, Rancho Grande Ponds, Roswell Kids Ponds, and Rio Grande below Elephant Butte as winter trout waters