Cherrytree Lake is a lake in New Mexico, near Lincoln County.
Cherrytree Lake is a lake in Lincoln County, New Mexico, and covers about 2.7 acres, reaches about 4.3 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 6.5 acre-feet.
Cherrytree Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Cherrytree Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Cherrytree Lake include Green Sunfish.
When working Cherrytree Lake, use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a shoreline, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket.
At Cherrytree Lake, shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move.
A direct approach on Cherrytree Lake works like 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.
For a short trip to Cherrytree 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.