Juan Vigil Pond

Juan Vigil Pond is a reservoir in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, and covers about 0.2 acres, reaches about 1.8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 0.2 acre-feet.

Juan Vigil Pond is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Juan Vigil Pond, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Juan Vigil Pond include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Green Sunfish.

While looking for bluegill on Juan Vigil Pond, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.

While looking for channel catfish on Juan Vigil Pond, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

How to Read the Water

The first look at Juan Vigil Pond should cover this: 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.

Season by Season

A focused trip to Juan Vigil Pond begins this way: 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 Simple Tackle Plan

A direct approach on Juan Vigil Pond 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 the next pass on Juan Vigil Pond, 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.