Laguna Encina is a lake in New Mexico, near Cibola County.
Laguna Encina is a lake in Cibola County, New Mexico, and covers about 13.1 acres, reaches about 7.8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 56.9 acre-feet.
On a water as small as Laguna Encina, one weed edge or deeper pocket can hold much of the day’s activity. With little deep water in Laguna Encina, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Laguna Encina include Green Sunfish.
The first look at Laguna Encina should cover this: use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket.
For the next pass on Laguna Encina, 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.
During the first hour on Laguna Encina, 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 Laguna Encina 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.