Monastery Lake is a lake in New Mexico, near San Miguel County.
Monastery Lake is a lake in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and covers about 5.4 acres, reaches about 20 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 16.8 acre-feet.
The small size of Monastery Lake makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle.
Fish listed for Monastery Lake include Brown Trout, and Rainbow Trout.
The first rainbow trout pass on Monastery Lake should cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
Begin the brown trout search by trying to work a small minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving water.
For a first pass on Monastery 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.
While fishing Monastery Lake, shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move.
When working Monastery Lake, 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.
For the next pass on Monastery 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.