Catch of the week….Several of them this week. At Elephant Butte, Jackie Allison of Tallahassee, FL landed a trophy striper, 41 pounds 6 oz and 46 1/2 inches long. That is the largest fish caught at the Butte this year(Ms. Allison, what are you doing fishing in New Mexico? I mean we are happy to have you, but Florida to New Mexico?)……At Quemado Lake, Dominic Chavez of Belen caught three large tiger muskies, 31 1/2 inches, 30 1/4 inches and 27 inches all on his homemade spinner. (He may want to market that spinner)……At Bluewater Lake, Stan Kosiewicz of Los Alamos caught and released a 40 inch tiger muskie that weighted 20 1/2 pounds. (the smoke and fire probably chased him out of Los Alamos…Hope his place is ok)…..At Shady Lakes, Aaron Wedemeyer of Tijeras caught two trout over 20 inches. Biggest was 22 1/2 inches and 4 1/2 pounds. (He was using a woolly bugger.) And Hayden Mathis age 10 of Albuquerque landed a 21 inch, 4 1/2 pounder with a gold Panther Martin lure. (Way to go, Hayden). And Katherine Earl, 18, of Albuquerque caught a 21 inch 4 pound rainbow on night crawlers. By the way, at Herron Lake, the salmon have started schooling. No reports of class cutting or absenteeism so far. CAUTION…Game and Fish reports that due to forest closure and fire dangers, the best bet is to stay away from Jemez River, Cochiti Lake and Fenton Lake. Let’s honor their wishes folks…Hopefully the monsoon will be here soon and we will be good and wet from all the rain….