Waters · Lakes · NM · Mon, Aug 24

How's the bite at Heron Reservoir today? Picky — fish it after dark.

Work for it.

Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.

5/10
Picky

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Minor
2:20 AM–3:20 AM
Moonset
Major
9:30 AM–11:30 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
5:34 PM–6:34 PM
Moonrise
Major
9:55 PM–11:55 PM
Moon overhead

Sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:45 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:19 AM–12:19 PM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 7:17 AM

Conditions right now

Water level
7072.3ft
-0.34 ft in 24h
USBR Heron Reservoir and Dam reading for Aug 23
Pressure
30.38inHg
rising · +2 hPa/12h
NOAA KLAM updated 6:55 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KLAM updated 6:55 AM
Moon
89% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 7:17 AM

What this means

Largemouth bass, Crappie, Catfish
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.

Heron Reservoir water level today

7072.3 ft down 0.34 ft in 24 hours

That sits 0% of the way up the band it has held over the last 9 days, between 7072.3 and 7075.53 ft. Over the week it is down2.12ft.

08-14 7072.30–7075.53 ft 08-23
USBR Heron Reservoir and Dam reading for Aug 23

The week ahead

Tue 6 Biting
Wed 6 Biting
Thu 6 Biting
Fri 6 Biting
Sat 6 Biting
Sun 6 Biting
Mon 6 Biting

Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.

Before you go

A NM fishing license covers this water. The state agency sets the rules and is the one that counts.

Nearby waters today

Questions people ask about Heron Reservoir

Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Heron Reservoir.

Is it worth fishing Heron Reservoir today?
5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 9:30 AM–11:30 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Heron Reservoir?
Today's major windows run 9:30 AM–11:30 AM and 9:55 PM–11:55 PM, with minor windows at 2:20 AM–3:20 AM and 5:34 PM–6:34 PM. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:45 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Heron Reservoir?
No gauge on Heron Reservoir measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
What is the water level at Heron Reservoir right now?
7072.3 ft, the reading for August 23 from the Heron Reservoir and Dam gauge run by the USBR, which publishes one value a day. Over 24 hours it is down 0.34 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Heron Reservoir?
That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. New Mexico Environment Department publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where mercury, PCB and DDT advisories are listed per water in a chart linked from that page. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.

NMED fish consumption advisory

What size fish can you keep in New Mexico?
It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass, catfish (all species except bullheads), crappie, striped bass. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.

Largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass limits · Catfish (all species except bullheads) limits · Crappie limits · Striped bass limits · Check a length against the rules

Where these numbers come from

Read at the dam on Willow Creek by the Bureau of Reclamation once a day. No temperature sensor.

No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.