New Mexico Wildlife

Fishing Information  

Last Updated: 5/17/2013

Trout fishing on the renowned San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico.

Reports

• Weekly Fishing Report
• Weekly Stocking Report
• Stocking Report 5-10-13
• Stocking Report 5-3-13
• Stocking Report 4-26-13
• Lake levels
• Angler Satisfaction Survey 2012
• Angler Satisfaction Survey 2011
• Angler Satisfaction Survey 2010
• Angler Satisfaction Survey 2009
• Angler Satisfaction Survey 2008

Frequently Asked Questions

• New Mexico fishing FAQs

Cold Water Game Fish

• Cold Water Species
• Salmonid Vendors
• Whirling Disease Information
• Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Restored in Capulin Canyon [pdf]
• Rio Grande Cutthroat stocking in Santa Fe Reservoirs
• Costilla Native Fish Restoration Project
• Notice of Unnamed Tributary-Allen Creek Restoration 2012

Warm Water Game Fish

• Warm Water Species
  • Panfish
  • Catfish
  • Walleye
  • Black Bass
  • White/Striped Bass
• Warm Water Vendors
• Bait Dealers

Triploid Grass Carp

• Triploid Grass Carp Vendors

Record Fish Information

• State and North American records
• State Record Fish Application [pdf]

2013 Fishing Rules and Information booklet

Publications

• 2013 Fishing Rules and Information
• Public Fishing Waters Map [pdf]
• Donation Certificate

Consumption Advisories

• Current Fish Advisories
• EPA Fish Advisories

New Mexico Fish Hatcheries

• Information on New Mexico's fish hatcheries

Gila Trout Fishing Opportunities

• Free Online Registration

  (registration also available at local vendors and NMDGF Offices. Call 1-505-476-8096 for more information)

• Gila Trout Information and Fishing Maps

License Vendors

• License Vendor List
• License Vendor Map

Angler Education Fishing Clinics

• Basic fishing-skills clinics for school kids, families, community and civic groups

San Juan River Tailwater Fishery

• San Juan River Management Plan
• Navajo Dam Enabling Legislation
• Colorado River Endangered Fish Reports
• Navajo Reservoir Operations Enviromental Impact Statement
• San Juan River White Paper
• San Juan Trout Fishery 2009
• Macroinvertebrate And Habitat Studies
  • R.D. DuBey, 1996
  • R.D. DubBey & G.Z. Jacobi, 1996
  • BOR( Bureau of Reclamations), 1998
  • Macroinvertabrate and habitat sampling protocol