Hello,

 

I was curious of anyone on here fishes or has fished Elephant Butte.  I will be making my first trip there next weekend and am looking for some places to start.  Not asking for anyone to give up their honey holes, but just some areas of the lake I could target.  Just trying to just narrow my search.  I generally only target black bass, and always practice catch and release.... so I won't be taking any toads home.   I really appreciate and thank anyone  who responds.

 

GnM

I have a bunch of NM buddies who swear by using white crankbaits for black bass at the Butte. Plus, you can always get the white bass interested if you want to catch something. Bomber Fat Free Shad in Pearl White or a Norman Little N in White Ghost come to mind  Good luck and focus on islands and points!

 

 

Good info.

Right no fish are on the main lake. I shore fished with my kids this weekend. Drop shots in 5-10 fow kept them busy. East side of the lake is my pick to start, looking into the first mid 1/3 of the coves. Whit or white belly cranks work well, tons of shad in the lake. Senkos usually fish real well for numbers and good ones. I will fish more on wed and give an update.

Cranking and top water is sloooow right now. Fished a drop shot and tube in 10-20 fow water Wednesday caught a limit for 8.33. Yamamoto shad shapped worm, roboworms, and bass pro tubes in green pumpkin variations worked well. The smallmouth were willing to bite throughout the day but it was a grind. Here is my best fish for the day.

5 hours ago, Swbass15 said:

Cranking and top water is sloooow right now. Fished a drop shot and tube in 10-20 fow water Wednesday caught a limit for 8.33. Yamamoto shad shapped worm, roboworms, and bass pro tubes in green pumpkin variations worked well. The smallmouth were willing to bite throughout the day but it was a grind. Here is my best fish for the day.

Thanks for the report. Do you nose hook those tubes on your drop shot?

The tube was on a jig head, internal