February 1

Today we took a little one day fishing trip to Elephant Butte.  Good news:  we saw LOTS of fish.  Bad news:  you know.....not one bite.

BUT we did some exploring and ended up at the north end of the lake by the Narrows.  We found the other boat launch and Black Bluff, which Rick told us about.  Just as advertised, the fish finder saw lots of fish but also, we discovered as we got closer, that the water temp went from 48 degrees to 50 and then up to 53 degrees!  We think the vertical wall which faces west warms up the water.  According to Rick, this is where the fish start biting first in the new season.  We’ll see..........

We’re hoping to go to Lake Roberts later this week.  According to the fishing report, the trout are biting.  When it comes to Lake Roberts, the reports are strictly day to day.