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CATCHES OF THE WEEK

Grandma Kary Jimenez and grandson Isaiah Jimenez of Edgewood caught a 38-inch pike at Cochiti Lake using a swimbait June 20.

At Elephant Butte Lake, Frank Rittel and Brian Rittel of El Paso, caught a 20-inch walleye, 17-inch largemouth bass and four crappie using green grubs June 25. … Jace Cde Baca, 7, of Rio Rancho caught a 22-inch, 4.5-pound blue catfish using cut gizzard shad bait June 20.

Ariana Herrera, 4, and her family of Albuquerque caught their limits of trout at Fenton Lake using garlic PowerBait, cheese PowerBait and worms June 25.

Deandra Montoya, 5, of Albuquerque caught a 19-inch and 20-inch rainbow trout at Seven Springs Brood Pond using PowerBait on June 24. If you have a catch of the week story, send it to funfishingnm@ gmail.com.

NOTES FROM GAME & FISH

Fishing for trout at CHARETTE LAKES was good using salmon peach PowerBait.

Streamflow on the CIMARRON RIVER near Cimarron on Monday morning was 49.4 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Fishing for trout at CLAYTON LAKE was good using PowerBait. Fishing for walleye was fair using fake minnows. Fishing for catfish was fair to good using chicken liver and homemade dough baits.

Fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass at CONCHAS LAKE was good using spinnerbaits and shad pattern crankbaits.

Fishing for rainbow trout at EAGLE NEST LAKE was fair to good using worms, salmon eggs and salmon peach PowerBait.

Fishing for trout at LAKE MALOYA was good using PowerBait, Pistol Pete spinner flies, corn and dough bait.

Streamflow on the RED RIVER below the Red River Hatchery on Monday morning was 110 cfs. Fishing for trout was good using salmon eggs, beadhead nymph flies, hare’s ear nymph flies and dry flies in the mornings and evenings.

Fishing for catfish at SPRINGER LAKE was good using chicken liver and nightcrawler worms.

Fishing for tiger muskie at BLUEWATER LAKE was good using yellow Panther Martin spinners, Rapala lures, spoons, hot dogs and shad, bluegill, rainbow trout and perch pattern swimbaits.

Fishing for trout on the BRAZOS RIVER was good using worms.

Fishing for trout at FENTON LAKE was very good using garlic PowerBait, cheese PowerBait and worms.

GRANTS RIVERWALK POND has dried up due to pump failure. The city is planning to repair the pumps but is taking this opportunity to dredge the pond. They expect the pond to be offline for at least two to three months. Fish stockings will be discontinued until all work is done.

Fishing for trout from shore at HERON LAKE was fair to good using salmon peach PowerBait and garlic PowerBait in the evenings.

Fishing for trout at LAGUNA DEL CAMPO was good using PowerBait and spinners.

Fishing for catfish on the RIO GRANDE near Albuquerque was fair to good using chicken liver and cut bait.

Streamflow on the SAN JUAN RIVER near Archuleta on Monday morning was 503 cfs. Fishing for trout in the quality waters was good using Griffith gnat flies, leech pattern flies, egg pattern flies, red annelid flies and Parachute Adams flies. Fishing for trout in the bait waters was good using worms.

Fishing for trout at SEVEN SPRINGS BROOD POND was good using PowerBait.

Fishing for catfish at TINGLEY BEACH was fair to good using dough bait and shrimp.

Fishing for catfish at ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE was fair to good using nightcrawler worms and cut gizzard shad bait. Fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass was fair to good using top water lures and live bait. Fishing for white bass was good using Blue Fox spinners and white Bombers. Fishing for crappie was fair to good using green grubs and live minnows. Fishing for walleye was fair to good using green grubs, nightcrawler worms and curly tail grubs.

Streamflow on the GILA RIVER near Gila on Monday morning was 207 cfs.

Fishing for catfish on the RIO GRANDE was fair to good using cut bait and homemade dough bait.

Fishing for catfish at BOSQUE REDONDO LAKE was fair using nightcrawler worms. Fishing for bluegill was good

using nightcrawler worms.

Fishing for catfish at GREENE

ACRES LAKE was good using chicken liver and cut shad bait.

Streamflow on the Pecos River below SUMNER LAKE on Monday morning was 1,120 cfs.

Fishing for rainbow trout on the RIO BONITO was good using worms.

Streamflow on the RUIDOSO RIVER at Hollywood on Monday morning was 7.97 cfs.

For more fishing report updates, including more catches of the week, go to abqjournal.com/category/go.

National Forest closures have been in place restricting fishing access at the following locations: Canjilon Lakes, Costilla Creek, Cowles Ponds, Gallinas River, Hopewell Lake, Jemez Waters, Lagunitas Lakes, Los Pinos River, Pecos Canyon State Park, Pecos River, Rio Grande, Rio Hondo, Rio Pueblo, Rio Mora, San Gregorio Lake, Trout Lakes

Visit fs.usda.gov or call the Pecos-Las Vegas Ranger District (505-425-3534), Carson National Forest Service District (505-758-6200), Lincoln National Forest Service District (575-434-7200), and the Santa Fe National Forest Service District (505-438-5300) for the latest information.

Other closures: Monastery Lake, Morphy Lake State Park