REEL REPORT

Catch of the week

CABALLO LAKE: Nick F. of Las Cruces caught a 25-inch walleye using a crankbait on April 29. CONCHAS LAKE: Geno García of Conchas caught a 13.5-inch crappie using a Berkley Flicker Shad on May 12.

FENTON LAKE: Christina Serna, age 3, of Gallup caught her first fish, a 12-inch rainbow trout, using worms on May 14. Lawrence Chavez of Albuquerque caught and released a 17-inch Rio Grande cutthroat trout using wax worms on May 13. Soren Simenson, age 5, of Albuquerque caught four rainbow trout using nightcrawler worms on May 6. JEMEZ RIVER: Eli M. of Tijeras caught and released a 20-inch brown trout using a beadhead prince nymph fly on May 7.

PERCH LAKE: Elizabeth Garcia, age 15, of Santa Rosa caught a 19-inch catfish using Pautzke salmon eggs on May 14.

RED RIVER HATCHERY: Brody McMullin, age 6, of Arroyo Hondo caught his first trout using a Panther Martin spinner on May 6.

SAN JUAN RIVER: Diego Arencon of Albuquerque caught a 22-inch rainbow trout using a Yong Wing fly on May 8.

TINGLEY BEACH: Isaiah Jaramillo, age 7, caught a 2-pound largemouth bass using a Bubble Butt worm in the Children’s Pond on May 14. Matthew

Christina Serna, 3, of Gallup, caught her first fish on May 14 at Fenton Lake using worms: a 12-inch rainbow trout. COURTESY NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT

OF GAME AND FISH and Andres Bachicha, ages 10 and 12, of Albuquerque caught two 4-pound largemouth bass using watermeloncolored plastic lures on May 11.

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.

— Report courtesy New Mexico Department of Game and Fish