Alfonso M. Gonzales of Albuquerque caught and released a 21-inch, 5-pound largemouth bass at the Corrales drain on Feb. 28. He was using a San Juan worm.

Lane Warner of Santa Fe caught a 23-inch, 6 1/4-pound rainbow trout on Sunday at Eagle Nest Lake. He was using a jig and worm combination on 2-pound test line.

At Shady Lakes, Curtis Rhodes of Albuquerque landed a 21-inch rainbow with a fly on Sunday.

AROUND THE STATE

SANDIA LAKES: Anglers are reporting excellent catch rates with five fish limits very common. The lakes received another full load of fish on Saturday and weekly stockings will continue through the remainder of the trout season. Jason Wiebenga, Wildcat Environmental Services

ISLETA LAKES: Fishing has been very good at both SUNRISE and TURTLE Lakes. Both lakes were recently fully stocked with rainbow trout. Anglers are reporting consistent bag limits of five fish each. Best baits being reported are peach salmon, garlic, garlic glitter and purple nymph PowerBaits and corn. The use of pistol Pete’s is also very good, along with fly fishing using olive green or black woolly buggers. Catfish activity is also increasing. Best baits for the catfish are chicken liver and worms. Curtis Thompson, Isleta Lakes & RV Park

SHADY LAKES: Shady Lakes is open daily now. We will restock today in preparation for next week’s APS Spring Break with 2,000 pounds of trout, 500 pounds going into the Big Trout Pond. The Easy Catch Trout Pond’s size average is 12 inches while the Big Trout are 16 to 18 inches on average with some 20-inch fish added for enticement. Bass activity is beginning to fire up with reports of up to 10 caught in a day. Average reported catches running 4 to 7 largemouth bass each. Baits are crank baits and swim fish plastics with a shallow dive out in the open water. This is a premium time of year for this as the water lilies and aquatic grasses haven’t started up yet. Biggest bass reported was 2 pounds with smaller bass in the 10- to 11-inch range the running average. The Bluegill have not risen up to be spotted yet, although one seasoned Bluegill Wizard reported catching (and releasing) five with a fly rod. Jan Phillips director

TINGLEY BEACH: Trout fishing at the Children’s Pond and Central Pond was good using PowerBait, salmon eggs, wax worms, Panther Martins and Pistol Petes. Trout Fishing at the catch and Release Pond was fair using small bead-headed midges, egg patterns, leeches, Pistol Petes. — Joe Martinelli, curator

NOTES from GAME & FISH:

Trout fishing on the ALBUQUERQUE-AREA DRAINS was good using egg patterns, copper John Barrs, PowerBait, wax worms and salmon eggs.

As of the past weekend BLUEWATER LAKE was about 50 percent free of ice. Bank fishing was fair using salmon eggs and PowerBait for trout. For updated conditions contact the Bluewater State Park office at 505-876-2391.

Fishing at COCHITI LAKE was slow for all species and fishing pressure was very light.

There is a layer of ice on the entire EL VADO LAKE and reported as unsafe for ice fishing. For updated information, contact the State Park office at 575-588-7247.

FENTON LAKE is off limits to fishing at this time but may open by the end of the month. For ice-out updates contact the State Park office at 575-829-3630.

Fishing at NAVAJO LAKE was generally slow but there were a few northern pike hooked by anglers using swim baits and jerk baits. The surface water temp was in the low 40s.

Water flow on the SAN JUAN RIVER below Navajo Lake as of Monday morning was 340 cfs. Fishing in the quality water section was good using olive and brown streamers, Griffith’s gnats, egg patterns, red larva, red annelids, San Juan worms, Griffith’s gnats and olive and brown leeches. Fishing through the bait waters was fair using salmon eggs, wooly buggers, San Juan worms, Panther Martins, worms and small spoons.

Ice thickness at EAGLE NEST LAKE over the weekend remained at about 24 inches. Fishing was very good using ice jigs tipped with worms or wax worms for perch.