Ed Ladd Lake is a reservoir in New Mexico, near Rio Arriba County.
Ed Ladd Lake is a reservoir in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, and covers about 9.6 acres, reaches about 6.9 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 37.3 acre-feet.
Ed Ladd Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Ed Ladd Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Ed Ladd Lake include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Green Sunfish.
A useful bluegill plan on Ed Ladd Lake is to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
For channel catfish on Ed Ladd Lake, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
To narrow down Ed Ladd 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 Ed Ladd Lake, in spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace.
A focused trip to Ed Ladd Lake begins this way: 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.
When working Ed Ladd 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.