Albuquerque Journal

FISHING LINE

- NOTES from GAME & FISH

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.

Jose Mendez, of Roswell, caught a 20-inch, 2.4-pound rainbow trout at Grindstone Reservoir using yellow PowerBait on April 3.

Layla Rodriguez, 12, of Portales, caught a 22-inch catfish at Oasis Park Lake using PowerBait on April 4.

Marcus Lucero, 10, of Albuquerqu­e, caught a 10.5-inch brown trout on the Pecos River using a pheasant tail nymph fly April 3. On the Rio Grande, Cindy

Maxwell, of Rio Rancho, caught a 28-inch, 12-pound channel catfish south of Albuquerqu­e using chicken liver April 2. George

Torres, of Stanley, caught and released a 48-inch, 38-pound, 9-ounce flathead catfish using cut bait north of Elephant Butte Lake on April 3. Jared Cash, of Los Lunas, caught a 28-pound flathead catfish using cut bait north of Elephant Butte Lake on March 30.

Isaac, Felicia and Madalynn Gallegos, ages 12, 8 and 4, of La Puebla, caught 11 trout at Santa Cruz Reservoir using white PowerBait on April 1.

Streamflow on the RIO HONDO on Monday morning, near Valdez, was 50.2 cfs. Streamflow on the RIO PUEBLO, near Peñasco, on Monday morning was 51.3 cfs. Fishing for trout at the SANTA CRUZ RESERVOIR was good using white and green PowerBait. Boat fishing was good using silver Kastmaster lures, spinners and Woolly Bugger flies. Fishing for walleye at ABIQUIÚ LAKE was good jigging plastic minnows. Fishing for smallmouth bass was good using curly tail grubs. Water flow on the ANIMAS RIVER, below Aztec, on Monday morning was 258 cfs. At the JEMEZ WATERS, streamflow on the Jemez, near the village of Jemez Springs, on Monday morning was 72.7 cfs. Fishing for trout on the Rio San Antonio was good using nymph pattern flies. Streamflow on the SAN JUAN RIVER on Monday morning was 424 cfs. Fishing for trout in the quality waters was good using black leech pattern flies, red annelid flies and midge larva flies. Fishing for trout in the bait waters was good using corn and worms. Fishing for trout was good at TINGLEY BEACH using corn, salmon eggs, worms and yellow garlic-scented PowerBait. Fishing for trout was good at BEAR CANYON LAKE using yellow PowerBait and Baetis nymph flies. Streamflow on the GILA RIVER on Monday morning was 53.6 cfs. Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE, below Elephant Butte, on Monday morning was 0 cfs. Fishing for catfish north of Elephant Butte Lake was good using cut bait. Fishing for trout at YOUNG POND was good using brown and yellow winged dry flies, marshmallo­ws, rainbow-colored PowerBait and corn. Fishing for trout at BATAAN LAKE was good using salmon peach Powerbait with glitter. Streamflow on the BLACK RIVER, at Malaga, on Monday morning was 6.18 cfs. Fishing for trout at GRINDSTONE RESERVOIR was good using salmon peach PowerBait and yellow PowerBait. Streamflow on the PECOS RIVER, below Sumner Lake, on Monday morning was 65.0 cfs.

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