REEL REPORT

Catch of the week

ALTO LAKE: Tony Marquez of El Paso, Texas caught a 22-inch rainbow trout using orange PowerBait, July 18. BLUEWATER LAKE: Jaelyn Garcia of Silver City caught a 42-inch, 16-pound tiger muskie using a gray shad Rapala lure July 25. Jordan Moore of Silver City caught a 40-inch, 12-pound tiger muskie using a gray shad Rapala lure July 24. Antonio Romero, age 11, of Albuquerque caught a 32-inch tiger muskie using a Whopper Plopper lure July 17.

CHARETTE LAKES: April Garcia of Las Vegas caught a 15.5-inch rainbow trout using salmon peach PowerBait, July 25. COCHITI LAKE: Nate Sierra of Albuquerque caught a 33-inch, 10-pound pike using a green pumpkin Senko worm July 15, and a 16-inch smallmouth bass using a Ned Rig, July 21.

CONCHAS LAKE: Gregorio and Lynda Bell, ages 6 and 11, of Tijeras caught two 13-inch smallmouth bass using Kastmaster lures July 19.

COW CREEK (UP FROM PECOS RIVER): Samaya Pope, age 9, of Virginia Beach, Virginia caught a 16.5-inch and a 15-inch rainbow trout using salmon eggs July 18.

ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE: Steve Henke of Bernalillo caught and released two walleye: a 25-inch 6-pound fish, and a 24-inch, 5.5-pound fish using a ¼-ounce chartreuse Roadrunner jig with a 3-inch chartreuse gold flake curly tail grub tipped with a nightcrawler July 24.

GALLINAS RIVER: Justin Estrada of Las Vegas caught and released a 23-inch rainbow trout using a grasshopper dry fly July 24.

GREEN MEADOW LAKE: Brandi Newland of Hobbs caught an 18-inch largemouth bass using a Big Bite Suicide Shad, July 21.

GRINDSTONE RESERVOIR: Kooper Saiz of Roswell caught a 20-inch golden rainbow trout using PowerBait, July 23. HOPEWELL LAKE: Floyd Trujillo of Ranchos de Taos caught a 17-inch rainbow trout using a mosquito fly July 25.

MONASTERY LAKE: Joseph Madrid of Santa Fe caught a 17-inch rainbow trout using an olive Pistol Pete spinner fly July 21. Matthew Rivera, age 9, of Santa Fe caught two 13-inch trout using Parachute Adam dry flies July 17. NAVAJO LAKE: Zachary SoteloIturralde of Albuquerque caught a 19-inch, 3.10-pound smallmouth bass using a topwater popper July 20. QUEMADO LAKE: Heather Dixon of Mesa, Arizona caught and released a 16.5-inch rainbow trout using a floating minnow lure July 21. Brenda Adame of El Paso, Texas caught an 18.5-inch rainbow trout using a worm July 16. RIO GRANDE: Seth Hardy of Red River caught and released a 20-inch rainbow trout near the Wild Rivers Recreation Area using a white streamer fly July 22. SEVEN SPRINGS BROOD POND: Carter Polkovitz, age 4, of Rio Rancho caught a 19.5-inch rainbow trout using worms July 25. Gael Lujan, age 7, of Albuquerque caught his first fish and a total of four trout using garlic PowerBait, July 17.

STORRIE LAKE: Daniel Valdez, age 7, of La Fragua caught an 18-inch catfish using chicken liver July 23.

TINGLEY BEACH: Raymond Begaye of Bread Springs caught a 24-inch, 5.5-pound catfish using a nightcrawler worm July 25.

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.

COVID-19 advisory

As COVID-19 continues to force all of us to make changes to our daily schedule, the New Mexico Game and Fish Department would like to remind you that together we can make a difference. To help minimize the spread of the virus:

• Practice social distancing

• Wash your hands regularly

• Avoid non-essential travel

• Wear a face covering

• Avoiding interacting with large groups