New Mexico Closes Monastery Lake Due to Unsafe Ice Conditions
by TBC Press on 12/24/15
Monastery Lake near Pecos has been closed to fishing until further notice due to unsafe ice conditions. Ice fishing is not allowed at the lake leased by the department from nearby Benedictine monastery for public fishing. A thin layer of ice has formed on the lake prompting the closure.
“When there are sufficient open areas of water available to allow fishing from the bank we’ll reopen it,” said Mike Sloane, chief of fisheries for the Department of Game and Fish. READ MORE
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