Catches of the week
Bryan Zuanetti, of Santa Fe, caught a 29.5-inch, 8-pound walleye at Abiquiú Lake using a jig and plastic minnow April 3.
Walter Sarracino, of Grants, caught a 24-inch rainbow trout at Bluewater Lake using hot pink PowerBait on April 2.
Michael Proctor, of Carlsbad, caught and released a 15-inch crappie at Brantley Lake using a yellow and green crankbait April 2.
Tina McClendis, of Alamogordo, caught a 16-inch largemouth bass at Caballo Lake using a minnow April 2.
Diego Baca and
Bryan Novotny, of Rio Rancho, caught and released several largemouth bass ranging in size from 14.5-inches to 19-inches at Conchas Lake using medium diving crankbaits April 2.
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Catches of the week
Mark Haber, of Española, caught a 20-inch walleye trolling at Abiquiú Lake a crankbait March 7.
Edward Marraccini, of Albuquerque, caught and released a 21-inch brown trout on the Chama River, below El Vado Lake, using a Black Bunny on Leech on March 7.
Justin Journal, of Rio Rancho, caught a 7.32-pound largemouth bass at Elephant Butte Lake using a Red Square Bill Crankbait.
Michael Cisco Medford, 7, of Las Cruces, caught an 8-pound blue catfish trolling a deep-diving white/chartreuse crankbait March 7.
Cole Rogers and
Parker McMillian, both of Silver City, caught 18 white bass trolling shad colored crankbaits March 6.
Catches of the week
Stacy Preston, of Artesia, caught a 6.8-pound, 22.5-inch largemouth bass at Brantley Lake using a Storm Largo Shad on Feb. 25.
Crystal Garcia, of Albuquerque, caught a 22-inch brown trout on the Chama River below El Vado Lake using a minnow imitation swimbait Feb. 27.
Alonso Ordaz, 13, caught and released a 55-pound blue catfish at Elephant Butte Lake using cut bait shad on a Santee Cooper Rig with a Muddy River Catfishing Demon Dragon Feb. 22. Keith Rogers, of Silver City, caught 16 white bass in the 2 to 2.5-pound range trolling white/silver shad-color deep-diving crankbaits Feb. 27.
Jusiah Estrada, 11, of Las Vegas, caught and released a 17-inch cuttbow trout at Morphy Lake using a brown and gold Joe’s Fly on March 1.
Clayton Lake is closed until March 2021.
At Conchas Lake, in accordance with the public health order, effective Jan. 29, N.M. state parks are open to N.M. residents for day-use only. Please check the state parks website for more information. Conchas Lake State Park has closed access to all boat ramps due to dropping water levels. The boat ramps on the south side of the lake managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are open.
At Costilla Creek, the department has implemented the final phase of a project to expand Rio Grande cutthroat trout in 120 miles of the Costilla watershed in northern New Mexico. The final phase involved removal of fish within a designated area (Rio Costilla from Costilla Dam downstream to the Valle Vidal Boundary including all tributaries and Comanche Creek from the road culvert crossing on Forest Road 1950 downstream to its confluence with Rio Costilla and all tributaries) with a tentative restocking of Rio Grande cutthroat in spring 2022. Places to fish ne
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