FISHING LINE
CATCHES OF THE WEEK
Matt Dalzell of Albuquerque caught and released a 4.2-lb largemouth bass July 22 on the Corrales Riverside Drain. He was using a green pumpkin chatter bait with a chigger craw trailer.
Aaron Suazo of Tierra Amarilla caught and released a 20-inch smallmouth bass July 20 at El Vado Lake. He was using a tube.
Pamela Martinez of Albuquerque caught her first catfish, a 19-inch channel cat, at Escondida Lake July 22. She was using a Panther Martin with Mike’s glitter mallows.
Antonio Gomez of Santa Clara caught a 26-inch channel catfish July 17 at Lake Roberts. He was using chicken liver.
Daniel Chavez, 14, of Albuquerque caught a 24-inch northern pike July 18 at Navajo Lake. He was using a jigging spoon.
AROUND THE STATE
SHADY LAKES: The rainbow trout continue to bite actively on night crawler worms, salmon eggs and flies. Rainbow trout are10-24 inches. Catchand-release largemouth bass and perch are biting throughout the day. Bass are ranging between 2½ pounds and 7½ pounds. Bass and perch are biting top water plastics and night crawlers. Shady Lakes restocked the ponds Friday with 1,500 pounds of rainbow trout, of which 200 pounds are 14-16 inches. Open daily, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
NOTES FROM GAME & FISH
Fishing at TINGLEY BEACH’S Youth and Central ponds was very good using worms for bluegill.
Streamflow on the SAN JUAN RIVER from Navajo Reservoir on Monday was 490 cfs. Trout fishing through the high-quality waters was very good using red annelids, red larva, foam wing emergers, hoppers, San Juan worms, pink and red egg patterns, and chamois leeches. Through the bait waters, anglers did well using San Juan worms, hoppers, copper John Barrs, Fire Balls, PowerBait, night crawlers, small spoons and Yozuri pins minnows.
Fishing at NAVAJO LAKE was fair to good using swim baits, finesse worms, tubes, jigs, baby brush hogs, woolly buggers, curly tail grubs, crawdad flies, crank baits and spinners for smallmouth and largemouth bass.
Fishing the upper SAN ANTONIO on the Valles Caldera was good using ant patterns, elk hair caddis and royal coachmen.
At EL VADO LAKE, fishing was very good using Mepps spinners, Panther Martins, tubes, grubs and worms for smallmouth bass.
Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE on Monday at the Taos Junction Bridge was 423 cfs. Fishing in the Pilar area was very good using parachute Adams, elk hair caddis, bead-head woolly buggers, Chernobyl ants, Panther Martin spinners, Mepps spinners and night crawlers.
Monday morning water flows on the CHAMA RIVER below El Vado and Abiquiu were 303 cfs and 503 cfs, respectively. Fishing above and below El Vado was good using Berkley Power Worms, Chernobyl ants, hoppers, copper John Barrs, woolly buggers, Mepps spinners Panther Martins, night crawlers, salmon eggs and PowerBait for brown and rainbow trout. Fishing below El Vado was good using copper John Barrs, hoppers, woolly buggers, Panther Martins, for rainbow and brown trout.
At EAGLE NEST LAKE, trout fishing was good for some but slow for others. Best baits were PowerBait from the bank and PowerBait, Panther Martin spinners, Platte River specials and Arnies from boats. Fishing was very good using worms for perch.
At LAKE MALOYA, trout fishing was good using Pistol Petes, elk hair caddis, parachute Adams, bead-head hares ear nymphs, worms, PowerBait and Fire Balls.