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CATCHES OF THE WEEK
Richard Jaramillo of Albuquerque caught a 20-inch rainbow trout at Charette Lakes using a nightcrawler worm on April 15.
Daniel Sandoval of Albuquerque caught and released a 21-inch, 4-pound 10-ounce smallmouth bass at Conchas Lake using a plastic worm on April 16.
Chris Ballejos and Julian Ballejos of Albuquerque and Los Lunas, respectively, both caught 16-inch rainbow trout at Eagle Rock Lake using white PowerBait eggs tipped with a worm on April 17.
Robert Kitchens of Albuquerque caught and released a 27-inch brown trout at Santa Cruz Reservoir using a size-16, black midge fly on April 23.
Adeline Gabaldon, 5, of Albuquerque caught her limit of rainbow trout at Seven Springs Brood Pond using worms and PowerBait on April 22.
Sam Stewart of Albuquerque caught a 4.12-pound largemouth bass at Tingley Beach using a curly-tail grub on April 23. If you have a catch of the week story, send it to funfishingnm@ gmail.com.
NOTES from GAME & FISH
Fishing for trout at CLAYTON LAKE was good using yellow, garlic PowerBait and worms. Fishing for catfish was fair using chicken liver and nightcrawler worms.
Fishing for smallmouth bass at CONCHAS LAKE was good using jerkbaits and soft-plastic worms.
Streamflow on the RED RIVER below the Red River Hatchery on Monday morning was 100 cfs.
Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE below the Taos Junction Bridge on Monday morning was 1,030 cfs.
Fishing for trout at the SANTA CRUZ RESERVOIR was good using size-16, black midge flies and Pistol Pete spinner flies.
Fishing for trout at STORRIE LAKE was fair to good using worms.
Fishing for walleye at UTE LAKE was good using live minnows and 4-inch Berkley Gulp minnows. Fishing for white bass was fair using Bandit 300 crankbaits and Bomber 7A crankbaits. Fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass was good using wacky-rigged Senko worms and crawdad-pattern baits in 5-12 feet of water. Fishing for catfish was fair using punch bait. The main lake water surface temperature was in the low 60s, and the water was clear.
Streamflow on the ANIMAS RIVER below Aztec on Monday morning was 2,280 cfs. Fishing for trout at LAKE FARMINGTON was good using dough bait.
Fishing for bass at TINGLEY BEACH was fair to good using curly tail grubs.
Fishing for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE was fair to good using shadpattern jerkbaits, square-billed crankbaits, live minnows and swimbaits. Fishing for white bass was fair to good using crankbaits. Fishing for walleye was fair using liver shiners.
Fishing for crappie was fair to good using live minnows. Fishing for catfish was very good using raw shrimp at the marina.
Streamflow on the GILA RIVER near Gila on Monday morning was 277 cfs.
Streamflow on the RIO GRANDE below Elephant Butte Dam on Monday morning was 7 cfs.
Fishing for trout at ALTO LAKE was good using PowerBait.
Fishing for trout at GRINDSTONE RESERVOIR was good using garlic PowerBait and salmon-peach PowerBait.
Fishing for trout at LAKE VAN was good using Velveeta cheese.