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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.
Zoe Anderson-Amaro, 7, and
Brock Anderson-Amaro, 13, all of Silver City, caught many rainbow trout at Glenwood Pond using chartreuse and rainbow PowerBait on April 10.
Jaylyn Lovato, 11, and Javier Delgado, 10, both of Rio Rancho, caught their limits of trout at Grindstone Reservoir using cheese PowerBait on April 7.
Justin Estrada, of Las Vegas, caught and released a 16-inch cutthroat trout at Morphy Lake using a size 18 hare’s ear fly April 11.
Joahua Laino, of Farmington, caught a 2.5-pound largemouth bass at Navajo Lake using a perch shad rap crankbait April 5.
Gabriel Sedillo, of Albuquerque, caught an approximate 13-pound flathead catfish using cut bait on the Pecos River below Sumner Lake on April 4.
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.
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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.