San Juan River trout map
Explore the trout water below Navajo Dam, with agency fishing access, launches, public-land context and river observations. Compare the Quality Waters and lower management reach to Hammond Diversion.
- Mapped water records
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- Nearby access facilities
Check before you fish. Access, stocking and regulations here come from New Mexico's own data and can be out of date. Posted signs and landowners' wishes come first, and private land needs permission. The rules that apply are in the NMDGF regulations for specific waters, and you need a valid fishing license.
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Bold where the stream crosses public land; faint and dashed across private land. Gauges are measurement stations; a nearby gauge may be on a different stream.
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- Special Trout Waters
- Native trout
- Wild trout
- Stocked trout
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Bold where the stream crosses public land
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Access, releases and fishing rules
This view contains three overlapping agency inventory records: the Special Trout Water footprint and two trout-management reaches below Navajo Dam. The count is records, not three separate rivers. Existing source access includes Texas Hole, Munoz/Lower Flats, Crusher Hole and Cottonwood; select a reach to inspect its facilities.
The 2026–27 fishing booklet describes the San Juan Special Trout Water from Navajo Dam downstream 3.75 miles to Crusher Hole Day Use Area. It is catch-and-release, with artificial flies or lures and single barbless hooks; no more than two flies or lures may be used on one line. Older inventory labels say 3.5 miles: the current rules and posted boundary control, rather than measuring a distance on this map. Official 2026–27 New Mexico fishing rules ↗
Navajo Dam release plans and observed San Juan River flow are different information. Reclamation publishes operation updates and release-change notices; the map’s primary USGS station is San Juan River near Archuleta, below Navajo Dam. Confirm the observation time and check the latest release notice before entering the river. Reclamation Navajo operations and release notices ↗
State-park day-use and camping requirements are separate from the fishing licence. Confirm resident or non-resident fees, current exemptions and park alerts before using a park access area. New Mexico State Parks current fees and permits ↗
Water lines and nearby facility markers come from the existing state inventory. A launch is not a verified take-out for a particular float, and a foot-access marker is not a statement that wading is possible. Public-land shading does not establish a right to cross private property.
The map uses the destination’s primary river gauge first. Measurements describe that station and observation time; nearby gauges can be on different waters. Forecast weather is air weather, and a missing measured water temperature remains unavailable. A flow category or generation schedule does not establish safe wading.
Sources
- Official 2026–27 New Mexico fishing rules
- Reclamation Navajo operations and release notices
- New Mexico State Parks current fees and permits
- Navajo Lake State Park access and alerts
- Agency fishing access and boat ramps
- Agency Special Trout Water geometry
- Agency fish-management inventory (2022)
- USGS San Juan River near Archuleta, station 09355500
- Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 open-access fee parcels. River channels: USGS 3D Hydrography Program. River observations: USGS Water Data APIs. Weather: the map’s existing weather service. Map tiles: OpenFreeMap and OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Map inventory built October 26, 2026; underlying sources may be older. Source notes reviewed October 30, 2026. Check agency updates and posted signs before fishing.