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From Cabresto Canyon upstream to headwaters. C-and-R for cutthroat trout and unlimited take for all other trout. Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From barrier located immediate upstream of private land to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Bandlier National Monument and USFS property Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From NM Highway 38 upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
A high-country stocked trout lake ringed by ponderosa pine in the Jemez Mountains. Calm, non-motorized water that's popular for shoreline and small-boat fishing and accessible winter ice fishing in cold years.
From confluence with Rito de las Olla to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From NM Highway 150 crossing upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Goose Lake is accessible from Highway 38 at Red River, south on Highway 578 to the Goose Lake turnoff; Goose Lake road is four-wheel-drive.
Backcountry fishing lakes in the northern New Mexico high country.
From NM Highway 150 crossing upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From the waterfalls located 0.25 miles downstream of NM63 crossing upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Sargent Wildlife Area Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Sargent Wildlife Area Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From confluence with Rito de las Olla to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Reservation-only fly fishing on a preserved stretch of the Pecos River within Pecos National Historical Park, in the piñon-juniper and ponderosa foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Pecos Wilderness above Pecos Falls Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
The box canyon 0.5 miles above the confluence fo the Mora and Pecos upstream 1.0 miles to 0.25 miles below Cowles bridge Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From the confluence of Goose Creek for 1 miles upstream as posted Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From walking bridge immediately downstream of the Red River State Hatchery downstream to confluence with Rio Grande Special Trout Water designation: X-mas chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, any legal bait and tackle.
From Seven Springs Day Use Area upstream to its headwaters. Unlimited take of brown trout allowed for McKinney Pond upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
A posted portion of 2.9 miles withing the Rio Chama Wildlife and Fishing Area Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From Abiquiu Dam downstream 7 miles to the US 84 bridge at Abiquiu Special Trout Water designation: X-mas chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, any legal bait and tackle.
USGS gaging station located 1.3 miles downstream of El Vado Lake Dam downstream approximately 3 miles to the Rio Nutrias Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Valle Vidal boundary 2.4 miles downstream to Latir Creek. Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From USFS Roads 284 & 87A , 2.5 miles upstream to the private land Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From fish migration barrier located about 0.2 miles upstream of NM Road 70 to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From Colorado line downstream to the Taos Junction Bridge Special Trout Water designation: X-mas chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, any legal bait and tackle.
From Deer Creek confluence upstream to Stable Creek confluence Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From Valles Caldera Preserve boundary downstream 2 miles Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From West Fork and Middle Fork confluence to its headwaters including the East Fork Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Pecos Wilderness from 0.25 miles below Smith Cabin upstream to its headwaters. Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From fish migration barrier located about 0.3 miles above confluence with Rito Sebadilloses upstream to headwaters including Rito de los Chimayosos Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
All waters within the WMA (except: Nabor Creek and Nabor Lake), including the Rio Chama, Rio Chamita, and Sexton Creek Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From confluence with Rio Hondo upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From USFS Road 93 crossing upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Reached via Highway 76 to Forest Road 207, then Trail 36 to Trampas Lake in the Pecos Wilderness.
All streams within the Valles Caldera National Perserve Special Trout Water designation: Green chile. Regulations: 2 trout any length, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From the USFS Carson NF boundary upstream to its headwater Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument along the Rio Grande and Red River Wild and Scenic Rivers.
From NM Highway 150 crossing upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.