Cement Lake is a reservoir in New Mexico, near Rio Arriba County.
Cement Lake is a reservoir in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, and covers about 2 acres, reaches about 3.8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 4.2 acre-feet.
The small size of Cement Lake makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle. With little deep water in Cement Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Cement Lake include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.
One direct bluegill tactic on Cement Lake is to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
While looking for largemouth bass on Cement Lake, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
The first channel catfish pass on Cement Lake should fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
To narrow down Cement Lake, make one shallow pass and one deeper pass on the same shoreline; that shows whether fish are tight to cover or using the first break.
Before changing spots on Cement Lake, early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.
The first look at Cement Lake should cover this: a medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle.
Before moving far on Cement Lake, record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.