Reel Report
Catch of the Week
Alto Lake: Robert Dodd and Ashley Balke of Moriarty caught their limits of rainbow trout using worms March 8.
Cochiti Lake: Daniel Caricaburu of Anchorage, Alaska, caught a 14.5-inch crappie and several nice pike using homemade swimbaits March 5.
Fenton Lake: Albuquerque’s Mark Chavez; his sons, Nolan and Luke; and his brother, Greg, caught and released 17 trout and kept six for dinner using green-and-white tungsten ice jigs tipped with green PowerBait and wax worms March 4.
Grindstone Reservoir: Rigo Benavides, age 4, of Las Cruces caught his first fish, a 10-inch rainbow trout, using marshmallows March 4.
Jemez Waters: Gerald Trujillo of Los Lunas caught a 31-inch brown trout using a pink Trout Magnet lure above Fenton Lake March 7.
Oasis Park Lake: Monica and Mario Velasco of Portales caught their limits of rainbow trout using
PowerBait March 9.
Rio Grande: Justin Kersting of Rio Rancho caught and released a 28-inch walleye using cut bait near Elephant Butte Lake on March 9.
Tingley Beach: Dominic Jaramillo, age 2, of Albuquerque caught his first fish, a 12-inch trout, using homemade dough bait in the kid’s pond March 7. Evadel Garcia of Albuquerque caught a 19-inch rainbow trout using PowerBait on March 4. Mario Sedillo of Albuquerque caught an 18-inch rainbow trout using PowerBait on March 3.
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. Fish weights and measurements are provided by the angler and printed here as received.