Beginning
Thursday, October 24, anglers will be allowed to catch and keep unlimited
numbers of fish from a two-mile stretch of the Santa Fe River as the City of
Santa Fe prepares to stop the flow from city reservoirs. The Department of Game
and Fish issued the official emergency salvage order, to go into effect at
12:01 a.m. Oct. 24, and remain in effect through 11:59 p.m. Friday, November 1.
The salvage
order will affect only the section of river from Paseo de Peralta two miles
downstream to Camino Alire.
Tackle
regulations also will be suspended during the salvage period for fish to be
removed from the Santa Fe River, and appropriate fish salvage methods can be
found at the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish website: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/recreation/fishing/index.html.
Anglers ages 12 and older are required to have a valid state fishing license.
The salvage
order will allow anglers to remove trout from the Santa Fe River before it runs
dry. The Department stocked more than 500 trout in the river this fall to
provide angling opportunities during the highly successful Children’s Fishing
Derby. People have caught most of those fish, but some may remain, mostly in
the stretch of river downstream from the Paseo de Peralta bridge.
For more
information about New Mexico fishing regulations and angling opportunities,
please visit www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
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