New Mexico Angling Records

Green Sunfish - 1 lb. 6 oz. - 13”, Elephant Butte Lake, 1996 by Misty Crowder
Long Ear Sunfish - 1 lb. 12 oz. - 10 ½”, Elephant Butte Lake, 1985, by Patricia Stout
Perch - 2 lb. 5.3 oz. - 16”, Maxwell Lake, 1995, by Bob Mcfall
Bluegill - 3 lb. 1.5 oz. -11 ¾”, Lovington Lake, 1963, by Thomas Smith
Crappie - 4lb. 9 oz. - 16”, Black River, 1983, by Oscar Buck
Striped Bass - 54 lb. 8 oz. - 45”, Elephant Butte, 1992, by Jim Secor
Largemouth Bass - 15 lb. 13 oz. - 13”, Bill Evans Lake, 1995, by Steve Estrada
Spotted Bass - 4 lb. 8 oz. - 18”, Cochiti Lake, 1988, by Sam Evola
Smallmouth Bass - 7lb. 3 oz. - 24", Ute Lake, 2006, Cale Sanders
White Bass - 4lb. 13 oz. – 19 ½”, Bill Evans Lake, 1983, by Jack Alexander
Rainbow Trout - 31 lb. 12.5 oz. - 33 ½”, Santa Cruz Lake, 1999, by Peter Romero
Brown Trout - 20 lb. 4 oz. - 34 ½”, Chama River, 1946, by C.T. Colgrove
Cutthroat Trout - 10 lb. 2 oz. - 24 5/8”, Latir Lakes, 1981, by Alias Mierra
Lake Trout - 31 lb. 6 oz. - 41 ½”, Heron Lake, 1999, by Paul Casias
Kokanee Salmon - 4 lb. 0 oz. - 24”, Navajo Lake, 2000, by Brad Williams
Coho Salmon - 4 lb. 6 oz. - 23 ½”, El- Vado Lake, 1974, by John Cawlfield
Northern Pike - 36 lb. 0 oz. - 53”, Springer Lake, 1978, by Paul Casias Miami Lake, 1974, by Samuel Roy
Walleye - 16 lb. 9 oz. - 32”, Clayton Lake, 1989, by G.L. Peppers
Longnose Gar - 12 lb. 8 oz. - 39 ¼”, Pecos River, 1986, by Lynn Nymeyer
Blue Cat - 52 lb. ¼ oz - 43 ½”, Elephant Butte, 2005, by David Gower Flathead Cat - 78 lb. 0 oz. - 47 ½”,
Elephant Butte, 1979, by Jim Wilson Channel Cat - 36 lb. 8 oz. - 38”, Stubblefield Lake, 1999, by Julie Kulhan