Comments on: New Mexico https://azwanderings.com/new-mexico/ ...fishing, hunting, and roaming the Southwest Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:36:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: bsmith835 https://azwanderings.com/new-mexico/#comment-52 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:15:04 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-52 Mike,

Thanks for the advice. I look forward to getting back there and spending some time on the quality portions of the San Francisco. The streams there looked full of water to me and I must agree that everything I’ve fished so far in AZ has looked good too. Hopefully we can get some decent rain in the next few weeks. Good luck to you.

Ben

]]> By: Mike McLaughlin https://azwanderings.com/new-mexico/#comment-51 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:07:30 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-51 Ben –

Definitely check out the box next time.

Cattle and even elk can really chew up a stream. They like to eat the willows and young cottonwoods which really make for good fish habitat.

Rougher places like the box are better since the help keep the cows out in ranching county and Catron County is ranching country for sure.

I have been fishing the small streams just the other side of the AZ border quite a bit this summer. Sure is nice to see water back in those streams again.

Glad you got out.

-Mike (Seldom)

]]> By: bsmith835 https://azwanderings.com/new-mexico/#comment-50 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:32:33 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-50 Thanks Bill. In really need to get back out there sometime and try some different spots. It is really beautiful country and I enjoyed being there, even without a fish to hand. I learned much and look forward to getting back.

Ben

]]> By: Bill https://azwanderings.com/new-mexico/#comment-49 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:32:24 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-49 Nice report Ben! Too bad about the fishing though. It sure doesn’t take much to decimate a fishery. There’s a big push here about stream side conservation and fencing off streams to prevent what you just described. I imagine it’s a whole different beast out west with the free ranging herds.

From what I’ve seen of New Mexico in pictures it sure is beautiful. Hopefully your next trip back has better results.

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