Here is Elephant Butte Lake -- this picture was taken from the dam. The lake is huge and has lots of water now although its still down 60 feet from its highest point. The water is very stained so you can't see more than a foot or two down. So far we have caught a few white bass -- mine was big enough to keep and eat. We didn't keep it because we weren't sure where you could even clean a fish. There are no fish cleaning facilities. There are only two kinds of live bait -- minnows and worms --at least right now. A dozen minnows cost over $5.00 -- we found out you can net minnows and blue gills to use for bait. We might have to start catching our own live bait. The boat launches are inside Elephant Butte State Park. $40 gets you an annual pass so you can use the launches. The boat launch we are using is massive. It has 10 concrete lanes and is next to a huge marina. It is also on a fairly steep hill that is over a 1/4 mile long. Since we use it during the week we pretty much have it to ourselves. Weekends from what we have seen so far are pretty busy.
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