Hog Lake is a lake in New Mexico, near Otero County.
Hog Lake is a lake in Otero County, New Mexico, and covers about 0.7 acres, reaches about 2.6 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 1.1 acre-feet.
The small size of Hog Lake makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle. With little deep water in Hog Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Hog Lake include Green Sunfish.
While learning Hog Lake, start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it.
Before moving far on Hog 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 Hog 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.
A useful start on Hog Lake is simple: 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.