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Navajo Lake, NM

Reservoir in San Juan County, New Mexico. A roughly 15,000-acre reservoir straddling the New Mexico-Colorado line on the San Juan River, with the New Mexico side managed as Navajo Lake State Park. A deep, cold, clear reservoir known for kokanee salmon, lake trout, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, northern pike, channel catfish, and crappie, plus stocked rainbow trout. The dam tailwater feeds the famous San Juan trout water below. Elevation roughly 6,085 ft.

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Overall bite score

Scored 8 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled73
Pressure trendNOAAsteady60
SolunarComputedmoon 59% lit47
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed100
WindNOAA10
Cloud coverNOAA100
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

8 tracked species in Navajo Lake, with the months each fishes best.

Smallmouth Bassabundant
Black Crappiecommon
Channel Catfishcommon
Kokanee Salmoncommon
Lake Troutcommon
Largemouth Basscommon
Northern Pikecommon
Rainbow Troutcommon

Water facts

TypeReservoir
CountySan Juan
StateNew Mexico
WaterFreshwater

Boat ramps at Pine River (Sims Mesa) and Pine site within Navajo Lake State Park; full-service marina at Navajo Lake Marina. No in-lake USGS gauge, so water temperature uses a seasonal baseline. New Mexico fishing license required; mandatory aquatic-invasive-species inspection at the boat ramps.

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