Fishing near Las Cruces, NM

Set in Doña Ana County in southern New Mexico, Las Cruces sits along the lower Rio Grande with a corridor of big reservoirs running north. Fishing here splits between warm-water bass, catfish, and panfish on Elephant Butte and Caballo Lakes — ~65 and ~60 mi north — and accessible, stocked city ponds like Young Park Pond. The high-desert climate keeps water open and angling possible most of the year.