Mimbres Lake is a lake in New Mexico, near Grant County.
Mimbres Lake is a lake in Grant 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.
Mimbres Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Mimbres Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Mimbres Lake include Rainbow Trout.
Start the rainbow trout search on Mimbres Lake by trying to cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
Keep the first check on Mimbres Lake simple: 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 moving far on Mimbres 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 Mimbres Lake begins this way: a light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control.
During the first hour on Mimbres 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.