We drove to a casino on I-25 so we could go to Chaco Canyon National Historical Site on Wednesday. We should have stayed in Bloomfield at an RV park and driven south from there on Wednesday, oh well.
Category: New Mexico
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Monday September 24, 2018
Today is the last day of fishing on the San Juan River.
This point has seems to have lot of 8 – 12 fish along it.
Today I got
3 to the net
3 on
and numerous strikes, had a great time for my last day on the river.
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Sunday September 23, 2018
Sunday 9/23
Fished from camp waded out to the island and fished the west end and the south side.
2 strikes
2 on
2 to the net
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Saturday September 22, 2018
Fished again above the BLM fishing area.
Nothing today, not even one strike.
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Friday September 21, 2018
Went up the river above the BLM area
You can see the BLM parking area at the end of the road just down river from the yellow line where I fished.
This is a closer view
1 strike
1 18 inch trout
These are not very good pictures but this is the largest trout I have every caught. The oval of my net is 16 inches and he was a couple of inches longer than the net. I took me a while to get him to the net, I did not want to loose him.
Saw a lot of big fish but they were just not feeding.
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Thursday September 20, 2018
Fishing was slow today. The river’s flow is up and this is usually hard on the fishing, 3 strikes.
This is where I fished today.
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Wednesday September 19, 2018
Fished early morning and had an early 3:30 dinner so I could do some evening fishing.
A.M. fishing
5 to net
2 on
Numerous strikes
P.M. fishing
3 to net
I cast so many times today I got one by the tail.
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Tuesday September 18, 2018
Fished late morning until around 3:30, it was a hot day 90+ degrees
2 to net
numerous strikes
Tied 10 more flies tonight, I had some size 22 hooks in my collection of fly tying stuff so I decided to use the 22’s.
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Monday September 17, 2018
Went into the town of Navajo Dam to get a New Mexico fishing license. The $56.00 ended up being $61.00 when all the fees were added. This is not even close to what Montana charges, $86.00 license ends up being $115.11.
Did get some fishing in Monday afternoon.
I tied some flies in the evening, the fly shop said the fish are hitting on size 24 hooks so I needed to add more flies to my current collection. I purchased some size 24 hooks while in town this morning.
The yellow line in the river is where I fished today.
3 to net
8 on
12 strikes
Here are a couple of fish pictures, 8 to 10 inches.
Cottonwood Campground, Navajo Lake Dam – Sunday September 16, 2018
Today we finally got to Cottonwood Campground on the San Juan River (Site 5) we will be here until 9/25/2018. It is a really nice site with paved parking, 30 Amp electrical, water and a lot of room between sites. The coach front window is also pointed North. The 1.5 mile dirt road into the campground was pretty rough with some wash board and several good size holes.
The goal is to do some fishing until we leave. Looks like I may be able to fish right here in the park and walk up the river from here.
Site 5 original scheduled to be here Tuesday September 11, 2018. The camp host saved our site.
Today’s drive:
