Simon Lake is a lake in New Mexico, near Catron County.
Simon Lake is a lake in Catron County, New Mexico, and covers about 16.1 acres, reaches about 8.4 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 75.3 acre-feet.
Simon Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Simon Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Simon Lake include Green Sunfish.
While fishing Simon 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.
When choosing a bank on Simon 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.
Before changing spots on Simon 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.
When working Simon 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.