Catches of the week
Michael Baros, 15, of Rio Rancho, caught a 24-inch pike at Cochiti Lake using a 2-inch spinner with a copper blade, white body and red dots April 25.
Bryan Novotny, of Rio Rancho, caught an 18.75-inch smallmouth bass using a shallow diving lipless crankbait April 21.
Christian Carter, of Las Vegas, caught a 4-pound smallmouth bass at Conchas Lake using a crank bait lure April 24.
Sabin Pacheco, 9, of Santa Fe, caught a 21-inch rainbow trout at Eagle Nest Lake using green PowerBait on April 24.
Michelle Koons, of Albuquerque, caught and released an 8.5-pound walleye at Elephant Butte Lake using a white crankbait April 24.
Catches of the week
Carlos Orona, of Las Cruces, caught an 18-inch 4-pound rainbow trout at Alto Lake using a fly April 15.
Kobie Jojola, of Carlsbad, caught a 3.5-pound largemouth bass at Bataan Lake using a plastic jig April 10.
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Robert B., of Albuquerque, caught a 5-pound largemouth bass using a black and blue 5-inch stick worm at Caballo Lake on April 5.
Mitchell Curtis, of Santa Fe, caught a 40-inch pike using a lipless crankbait at Cochiti Lake on April 16.
At Eagle Nest Lake, Renee Baird, of Rio Rancho, caught a 20-inch, 4-pound rainbow trout using a nightcrawler April 12. Jon Conklin, of Cedar Crest, caught a 47-inch, 24.3-pound pike using a Kokanee salmon rig April 13. Kelly Byars, of Albuquerque, caught a 20-inch rainbow trout using PowerBait on April 10. Ron Santi, of Albuquerque, caught a 23-inch rainbow trout using PowerBait on April 10. Rio Cordova, 9, of Arroyo Seco, caught a 23-inch rainbow trout using PowerBait on April 5.
Sea-swimming boom to see new facilities installed at locations around the country
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“The facilities are all-weather facilities so they are going to be unlike anything we currently have in Ireland and they will be a combination of what people may be used to seeing around the world.
“Basically, there will be an enclosed section to the building but it will be open on many sides.
“It will contain a number of showers, toilets, secure lockers and storage so people can leave their personal belongings while they are participating in their water-based activity.
“There will be an orientation area where visitors to the area who may not be familiar can understand what other things there are to do and see.
Share this article The Leitrim facility is one of the best known and loved in the Shannonside region with thousands of people using it at the peak of the summer
Additional facilities are to be provided at one of Leitrim s most popular outdoor amenities and waterways as part of a €19m Fáilte Ireland investment.
All-weather changing and showering facilities are to be developed at Acres Lake in Drumshambo, Co. Leitrim as well at over 20 other locations across the country.
The facilities will also include lockers for personal belongings as well as induction areas for water sports, while they will all be wheelchair accessible.