Fishing near Alamogordo, NM

Set in Otero County at the base of the Sacramento Mountains, Alamogordo serves as the gateway to the only zone in southeastern New Mexico high and cool enough for year-round trout. Within roughly 40 miles sit a cluster of mountain waters: Bonito Lake (owned by the city and reopened in 2024), Grindstone Lake, Alto Lake, and the Rio Ruidoso corridor.

Top waters to fish near Alamogordo

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Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Smallmouth Bass

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Alton Morgan
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