Catch of the Week
COCHITI LAKE: Olav Roos of Albuquerque caught a 23-inch catfish using a gold and silver crankbait Nov.
15.
EAGLE NEST LAKE: Val Armijo of Albuquerque caught his limit of rainbow trout up to 24-inches long using peach PowerBait Nov. 13.
ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE: Lawrence Lucero of Las Cruces caught and released a 2.5-pound smallmouth bass using a wacky rigged worm Nov. 13. FENTON LAKE: Zachary Serna of Gallup caught an 18.5-inch rainbow trout using green PowerBait Nov.
14. Patrick Chavez of Albuquerque caught a 19-inch rainbow trout using salmon eggs Nov. 8. Mike Lovato of Albuquerque caught a 20-inch rainbow trout using an olive Woolly Bugger fly Nov. 7.
PECOS RIVER: Damian Baltazar and Tomas Alvarado of Lovington caught 5.85-pound and 3.30-pound largemouth bass using black and gold
Rat-L-Trap lures Nov. 13.
SAN JUAN RIVER: Rex Howard of Durango, Colo. caught a 30-inch brown trout using a size 22 chocolate foamback emerger fly Nov. 12. Martin Nieto of Albuquerque caught a 20-inch brown trout using worms Nov. 8. David Zamora of Albuquerque caught a 32-inch, 10-pound, 8-ounce brown trout near Cottonwood Campground using earthworms Nov. 7.
TINGLEY BEACH: Preston and Parker Lawson, ages 10 and 11, of Albuquerque caught six rainbow trout up to 17-inches long and one 14-inch largemouth bass using Woolly Bugger flies and PowerBait Nov. 14.
If you have a catch of the week story or just want to tell us about your latest New Mexico fishing experience, send it to us at funfishingnm@gmail.com. We may include your story in our next report. For catches of the week, include name, age, hometown, date, location, type of fish, length, and weight if possible, and bait, lure or fly used.