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Fishing for white bass at Brantley Lake between Artesia and Carlsbad was fair to good using spinners.

Paired with a sweet-and-spicy Hot Honey Soy Sauce, they make an outstanding appetizer, game-day snack, or light meal.

Tired of the 100-degree weather? Pack up the fishing gear.

Fescue grass makes up the beautiful carpet of green with a Siberian Elm providing shade.

One celebratory dessert that has endured for nearly 250 years is the famous “Great Cake,” associated with Martha Washington.

The New Mexico Desert Dogs, a Las Cruces-based “hunting and community outreach nonprofit,” aims to help children, first responders and active and retired military members by sponsoring fishing, hunting and community events at parks around the state, according to the organization’s chief executive officer Tony Torrez.

As water temperatures rise, fish become more active during the early morning and late evening.

Trout conditions at Bonito Lake were particularly good using worms, corn, Powerbait and Taskmaster orange lures.

I love white chocolate (a sin, I know) and Oreo fudge puts all that goodness into one neat package.

Trout conditions at Alto Lake were particularly good using Kastmasters and worms.

So, what does Jesus do? Sell them life insurance? Give them bullet-proof vests? Teach them how to diffuse conflict?

Brian Beaudoin, president of the New Mexico Trout conservation organization, said red waters are designated catch-and-release areas to help protect New Mexico’s two native trout species, Rio Grande cutthroat trout in the north and Gila trout in the southwestern part of the state.