Chama River

The fishing in the Chama River below Abiquiu Dam is fair. The Department stocked 562 rainbow trout here March 7 and in the past I have caught some big brown trout in March below Abiquiu. Right now, the streamflow below Abiquiu Dam is low, but it won’t be long before the streamflow will be raised to much higher levels for the upcoming irrigation season.

 

Not too many people are fishing Abiquiu Lake right now and the fishing is reported as slow. The walleye should start biting here any day now. Walleye spawn in the spring so they should move into shallow water. Trout should be biting as well. Abiquiu has some big trout, both rainbows and browns. Bank fishing can be a challenge at Abiquiu because this lake is full of rocks and drowned juniper trees. Try fishing worms or minnows beneath a bobber. Trolling crank baits from a boat could catch you a big fish-walleye or trout.

MELVERN:

 44 degrees, visibility around 7 feet, 1.4 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappie – fair around the docks around the docks and in the heated dock area using purple jigs with numbers above 10" increasing, particularly in early morning and mid-afternoon on the south docks. There is also some success on the lake near the northwest end of the lake. Smallmouth - poor, but some activity along the shoreline and rip rap face of the dam using spoons and shallow crankbaits; white bass - fair lake wide on jigs and minnows. All other species – poor or no reports.

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Ontario waters

 Ontario waters, crappies in  holes of 28-32' off of points. Mortality rate is high for released crappies in 25' or deeper, catch fish and move on.  Snowmobile trails on and around the lake are marked and groomed.  A complete list of lodging, ice fishing packages and sleeper houses are available through March

TABLE ROCK:

 45 degrees, clear, about 6.8 feet low. Outlook: Focused Fishing Guide Service reports: Bass bite is relatively the same. Most largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass are being caught on crank baits, jerk baits, jigs. More are being caught on football style jigs in 20-35 feet of water along channel-swing banks. Crappie – fair in King’s River and Long Creek, but have really slowed on the James. Live minnows below floats around standing cedar trees and brush piles in 10-15 feet have been productive. Walleye – slow, but more are being caught up the King’s, mostly males.

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Good Hope Bay

During “normal” winters, February is a time to locate stripers, walleyes and crappies in the backs of deep, narrow canyons with “stair step” depths that abruptly rise from 100-plus feet to 80, 70, 50, and finally to around 30 feet of crystal clear water. Finding such canyons is always dependent on a good fish finder and a better understanding of the current elevation of the reservoir.
Then, in a canyon that meets the requirements, shad will pile up on one of several stair steps and the game fish will surround the schools, trapping them in the narrow channels or “managing” them by cutting off their escape routes. Then, a 1/2–ounce white spoon dropped vertically to the suspended game fish results in a live well full of great-tasting fish.
 favorite canyons just shy of Good Hope Bay only to discover that no striper schools were anywhere around the stair steps heading toward the back of the canyons. In fact, we didn’t catch a single striper in the areas that “normally” hold both shad and stripers in abundance.

large perch

Most light sensitive species often suspend over deeper water during the day. Some of the fish will get active and begin to move around once the conditions are more favorable for them to feed.
Perch, sunfish, northern pike and bass are all more likely to feed during the day than walleyes and crappies. This gives anglers some options to do multi-species trips and target one species during the day and another species early and late in the day.
Generally speaking, the numbers of large perch are still down in most lakes in the Bemidji area. The easy pickings anglers had in past years have disappeared, with less large perch at the top of the perch populations in most lakes.

Lake of the Woods

Lake of the Woods Tourism said in its weekly report. Resorts along the south shore have their rental houses set up in depths ranging from 24 feet to 35 feet of water, with most in 30 to 33 feet, Lake of the Woods Tourism said. For best results, use a lure that rattles on the jigging line and a plain hook tipped with a minnow on the "dead stick" line. Gold, pink and glow colors have been the most productive of late, and anglers fishing on their own will need an extension to get through the ice.

Houghton Lake

Houghton Lake: Anglers should be aware of a pressure crack in the East Bay and at the entrance to the North Bay. The lake had about an inch of snow on top but anglers may still want to bring cleats for easier travel. Anglers are getting lots of pike. The bass became active and the bluegill bite was decent in the morning. For walleye, the better bite was between 4pm and sundown. Anglers are using jigging spoons and rapalas tipped with blues. Orange and glow were the hot colors. Some were also using shiners or sucker minnows on tip-ups.