freestone river · trout
Red River (below Fish Hatchery)
Live conditions for Red River (below Fish Hatchery): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
32cfs→ stablecaution
No wade or float band on file yet.
Water temp—
Stage4.38 ft
The water
Red River (below Fish Hatchery) is a freestone river in New Mexico, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, cutthroat, cutbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutrainbow troutbrown troutcutthroat troutcutbow troutbrook trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Red River Fish Hatchery Accesswalk in
- Red River Box (hike-in canyon below hatchery)walk in
- El Aguaje Trail Access to Lower Red Riverwalk in
- La Junta Trail/Overlook Access to Red River-Rio Grande Confluencewalk in
- Little Arsenic Springs Trail Access to Confluencewalk in
- Big Arsenic Springs Trail Access to Confluencewalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.