State Records: New Mexico

New Mexico

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of New Mexico

Species Weight Length Location Angler Date
Blue Catfish 33 lbs 8 oz 39.5" Elephant Butte Lake  Tubby Oldfield 6/13/1999
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 1.5 oz 11.75" Lovington Lake  Thomas Smith 6/10/1963
Brook Trout 5 lbs 0 oz 21" Hidden Lake  Jack Campbell 9/23/1996
Brown Trout 20 lbs 4 oz 34.5" Chama River  C.T. Colgrove 7/9/1946
Channel Catfish 36 lbs 8 oz 38" Stubblefield Lake  Julie Kulhan 4/12/1999
Coho Salmon 4 lbs 6 oz 23.5" El Vado Lake  John Cawlfield 10/20/1974
Crappie 4 lbs 9 oz 16" Black River  Oscar W. Buck 3/2/1983
Cutthroat Trout 10 lbs 2 oz 24.63" Latir Lakes  Alias Miera Jr. 6/27/1981
Flathead Catfish 78 lbs 0 oz 47.5" Elephant Butte Lake - Ash Canyon Jim Wilson 6/7/1979
Green Sunfish 1 lbs 6 oz 13" Elephant Butte Lake  Misty Ann Crowder 7/25/1996
Kokanee Salmon 4 lbs 0 oz 24" Navajo Lake  Brad Williams 10/13/2000
Lake Trout 31 lbs 6 oz 41.5" Heron Lake  Paul Casias 2/24/1999
Largemouth Bass 15 lbs 13 oz 26.5" Bill Evans Lake  Steve Estrada 3/24/1995
Longear Sunfish 1 lbs 12 oz 10.5" Elephant Butte Lake  Pat Stout 5/9/1985
Longnose Gar 12 lbs 8 oz 39.25" Pecos River  Lynn Nymeyer 7/6/1986
Northern Pike 36 lbs 0 oz 53" Miami Lake  Samuel Roy 11/21/1974
Rainbow Trout 31 lbs 12 oz 33.5" Santa Cruz Lake  Peter Romero 3/13/1999
Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 14 oz 22" Navajo Lake  David L. Young 5/15/1999
Spotted Bass 4 lbs 8 oz 18" Cochiti Lake  Sam Evola 3/16/1988
Striped Bass 54 lbs 8 oz 45" Elephant Butte Lake  Jim Secor 4/1/1992
Walleye 16 lbs 9 oz 32" Clayton Lake  G.L. Peppers 9/19/1999
White Bass 4 lbs 13 oz 19.5" Bill Evans Lake  Jack Alexander 6/18/1983
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 5 oz 16" Lake 13 (Maxwell)  Bob McFall 10/20/1995