howsthebite · New Mexico
How's the bite in New Mexico today?
- Lockjaw
- Picky
- Biting
- On fire
5 tracked waters in NM. Faded dots are the rest of the country. 1 outside the map area.
| Index | Water | Temp | Level | Best window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Picky | El Vado Lake | — | 6809.89 ft | 3:10 AM–5:10 AM |
| 5 Picky | Elephant Butte Reservoir | — | 2.62 ft | 3:12 AM–5:12 AM |
| 5 Picky | Heron Reservoir | — | 7065.49 ft | 3:10 AM–5:10 AM |
| 5 Picky | Navajo Reservoir | — | 6009.65 ft | 3:13 AM–5:13 AM |
| 5 Picky | Ute Lake lake reports · no live gauge | — | — | 2:57 AM–4:57 AM |
Rebuilt 7:05 AM · every reading carries its station on the water's own page.
Before you go
A New Mexico fishing licence runs $35 a year for residents. NMDOW sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What a New Mexico fishing licence costs, and who is exempt → The days you can fish New Mexico without a licence →What you may keep
NMDOW sets a size or bag limit for 10 species here — 10 with at least one area open today. Where a species is open in one water and closed in another, its own page says which. Each page carries the agency's own figures, the date they were read, and what is still unsettled.
Check a length against the rules →Can you eat what you catch?
That call belongs to New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) — mercury, PCB and DDT advisories are listed per water in a chart linked from that page. We link the source instead of paraphrasing health advice.
NMED consumption advisories →