I know im one of the fortunate guys that can fish yr around. But winter fishing has got to be the hardest fishing ever not to mention this lake is the hardest lake ive fished in my life. I have fished in alot of states from huge lakes to rivers and ponds and never had a problem catching bass. I went out again to elephant butte lake. i tried from 3ft to 20 ft and not even a bite. Tried dropshotting,jigs,cranks,spinnerbaits,shakey heads basically everything. I fished very slow and throughly sometimes my bait was in the water 10 minutes. I just dont get it how it can be that hard? Anywhere else i never had a problem fishing from spring till the water froze and the day after ice out, but this place is HARD. Ive tried points, coves, river channel, bluffs you name it ive tried fishing it. but anyway just thought i would blow off some steam. Guess im going to wait till prespawn.