WEEKLY WALL OF FAME

June 19, 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

Eagle Nest Lake: Sage and River Jones caught four rainbow trout using PowerBait on June 16.

Los Pinos River: Aiden Graves, age 16, of Wichita, Kan., caught a rainbow trout using a rubber crawdad on June 12.

Morphy Lake: Lilly Lovato caught five trout using homemade garlic dough bait on June 11. “I told my parents to take me fishing,” she said. “I haven’t fished since last year, and in the first five minutes, I was lucky enough to catch this monster.”

Pecos River: Deondre Tafoya and his father, Jamerson, each caught their limits of rainbow trout and brown trout, including this 16-inch rainbow, using salmon eggs on June 6.

NORTHWEST

Abiquiu Lake: Evan Anderson (left) caught five walleye using a chartreuse curly-tail grub on a white jig head on June 15. “Good fishing for walleye, bass and crappie, even during hot conditions,” he said. “Water was 75 degrees Fahrenheit, which explains why everything was actively feeding. There were also tons of bluegill everywhere.” Kellen Kinman (right) caught a mix of crappie and smallmouth bass using small white rubber worms, as well as white-and-chartreuse rubber worms, on June 13.

Bluewater Lake: Victoria Parra (left), age 10, of Las Cruces, caught a 21-inch rainbow trout and her brother, Vicente (right), age 13, caught a 22-inch rainbow trout right after using PowerBait on May 24.

Cochiti Lake: Victor Trujillo caught a 32-inch, 6½-pound northern pike and a 29-inch, 5-pound northern pike using white swimbaits on June 13. The day before, he caught two 25-inch northern pike, a 24-inch walleye, two smallmouth bass and one white bass using crankbaits.

Fenton Lake: Daniel T. caught three trout, including this 20-incher, using black-and-gold Joe’s Flies from his kayak on June 16.

Navajo Lake: Chrissy Barrera caught three smallmouth bass trolling with deep-diving Bagley’s crankbaits on June 12. “The fishing was slow, but this bass hit around 3 p.m.,” she said. “It made the day even better.”

San Juan River: Jeffery caught and released 14 brown trout using a size-10 Lance Egans poacher and a size-12 prince jig in the quality waters on June 11.

Tingley Beach: Dakota Marquez caught a 3-pound, 1-ounce trout using a Senko bait on June 13.

SOUTHWEST

Caballo Lake: Isabella Martinez and her family caught and released seven catfish and two carp using worms on June 15.

Gila River: Jeremy Ybarra caught three catfish using worms on June 11. “Took a spontaneous night fishing trip with my son and uncle,” he said. “We didn’t expect to catch anything, let alone one this big! Great night to say the least!”

SOUTHEAST

Bonito Lake: JT (top left), age 7, of Artesia, caught four trout on his own using PowerBait on Father’s Day (June 15). Landon (top right) caught his first rainbow trout using Green PowerBait on June 13. Jace Pettes (above) caught four trout using worms on June 14. His group caught a total of 12 trout in just 2½ hours.

Grindstone Reservoir: Thatcher Leachman caught this catfish, taking 40 minutes to reel it in using a silver-and-blue Kastmaster on an ultra-light rod and 6-pound line on June 14.

Lake Van: Isaiah Garcia caught this catfish – his very first catch – using chicken with cherry Kool-Aid on June 10.

Santa Rosa Lake: Giovanni Chavez caught five walleye using a jig head with a white curly-tail grub on June 10.