Elephant Butte Lake: Ray Padilla caught this catfish using carp and shad cut bait on Oct. 18. He had also caught a pair of blue catfish weighing 14 and 16 pounds earlier that morning at Caballo Lake.

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 50.33 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are good to excellent on punch bait and cut bait along the river and creek channels. White bass should be moving from ...