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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.
Overall bite score
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What swims here
8 tracked species in Navajo Lake, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
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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