WEEKLY WALL OF FAME

July 24, 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: Cooper Jameson, age 9, caught and released 10 trout and Wyatt Jameson, age 7, caught and released two more using gold spinners on July 17.

Red River Hatchery Ponds: Jariah, Ariel and June Trujillo (left) caught their limits of rainbow trout using Green PowerBait on July 20. Jariah (right) caught two 16-inch trout and June caught a 15-inch trout.

Stubblefield Lake: Colton caught four catfish using cut bait on July 14.

NORTHWEST

Abiquiu Lake: Russell Chavez caught four smallmouth bass using a jig on July 6. 

Cochiti Lake: Keith (left) caught a northern pike using a rainbow swim shad lure on July 15. “We hadn’t been around that long before we could feel the line getting tapped pretty hard,” he said. “I set it and then it leaped out of the water a bit and put up a decent minute-or-so fight. I’m very grateful my son got to experience that with me.” Louis Gutierrez (right) caught a northern pike using a Berkley flicker shad lure on July 20.

SOUTHWEST

Elephant Butte Lake: Felicianna Gutierrez (top) caught a white bass using a white swim bait on July 20. “This was my only fish, and I caught it as the sun was starting to go down,” she said. Niko Lyden (above left) caught multiple fish, including walleye and white bass, using a white swim bait on July 19. “This was my first time catching a fish ever,” he said. “Great day, and now I’m hooked.” Robert Gutierrez (above right) caught eight white bass using a white swim bait on July 20.

SOUTHEAST

Chaparral Park Lake: Xxavian Willie Moreno caught a catfish – his first fish – using cut chicken breast covered in Kool-Aid on his new rod on July 21. “Small catfish, but it made for a great father/son memory,” Andy Moreno said.

Greene Acres Lake: Joseph Regulus Jr., age 8, of Albuquerque caught three catfish using shrimp while fishing with his grandmother and father on July 16.