Shields Lake is a lake in New Mexico, near Union County.
Shields Lake is a lake in Union County, New Mexico, and covers about 31.1 acres, reaches about 10.8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 187.3 acre-feet.
Shields Lake can be broken down in a few passes: shallow cover, the first break, and the deepest useful water. With little deep water in Shields Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Shields Lake include Green Sunfish.
Before changing spots on Shields Lake, 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.
One way to read Shields Lake is this: 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.
While fishing Shields Lake, 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.
To narrow down Shields 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.