WEEKLY WALL OF FAME

July 17, 2025

Welcome to this week's installment of the Weekly Wall of Fame! The Department has been getting so many submissions for the Weekly Fishing and Stocking Report that it's impossible to fit all of them in – but we wanted to give everyone who submits a photo a chance to show off their catch! From now on, the Weekly Fishing and Stocking Report will feature one photo from each region as that region's Catch of the Week. All other photos can be found here in the Weekly Wall of Fame, which will be updated each Thursday afternoon after the Fishing and Stocking Report is released. You'll be able to find the link on the Fishing and Stocking Report page on the Department's website. Please note that only submissions with photos included will be considered for inclusion in the Catch of the Week or Weekly Wall of Fame.

NORTHEAST

Cowles Ponds: Bella Betancourt (pictured) and her little sister, Genevieve, caught six trout using Peach PowerBait near the Bert Clancy campgrounds on July 12.

Hopewell Lake: Jayden Trujillo (left) caught five trout using a gold Panther Martin spinner and PowerBait Mouse Tails on July 13. Raymond Sisneros (right) caught this 17½-inch trout using a gold-and-black Panther Martin spinner from his kayak on July 12.

Monastery Lake: Alaysia Moquino, age 6, from Kewa Pueblo caught an 18½-inch rainbow trout using Cheese PowerBait on July 12.

Pecos River: Donald Gutierrez and his grandson, Damien, caught two trout using salmon eggs on July 9.

Red River City Ponds: Mila, age 9, and Noah Bertoldo, age 5, from Rio Rancho caught four trout using Pink PowerBait on a camping/fishing trip with their parents and grandparents on July 6.

Ute Lake: Sherrilyn Romero caught four walleye, including this one, using minnows on July 10. “We’ve caught many fish, but this was by far the largest walleye I’ve ever caught.”

NORTHWEST

Albuquerque Area Drains: MP505 (left) caught this largemouth bass using a topwater lure on July 9. Scott Harden (right) caught three carp using yellow foam hoppers in Barr Canal on July 6.

Bluewater Lake: Mateo Baca, fishing with his grandfather, Marcos Gulin, caught four channel catfish, with the largest measuring 26 inches and weighing 7 pounds, using Carolina rigs with Gamakatsu circle hooks and raw shrimp from the bank on July 12.

Cochiti Lake: Camden Williams caught a northern pike using a weedless jig on his last cast of the night on July 6.

Fenton Lake: James Connell caught this 13-inch trout using a mealworm on July 12.

Rio Grande: Bishop Baca had a great day catching catfish using blood-soaked hot dogs in the Albuquerque area on July 10.

SOUTHWEST

Elephant Butte Lake: Robert Gutierrez had a monster day of catching white bass using a white swimbait on July 8. “The best fishing trip I’ve ever had at the Butte,” he said.

SOUTHEAST

Carlsbad Municipal Lake: Jaxon caught this largemouth bass using a finesse worm on July 2. “A very nice spotted bass decided to come and smack this dropshot,” he said. “He was a nice one – he fought hard, looked good and he was healthy, so that’s what I like to see in fish.”

Grindstone Reservoir: Zayne was “beyond excited” as he reeled in his first catch, bringing in this catfish using a hot dog on July 10.