Fishing near Rio Rancho, NM

Sitting immediately north of Albuquerque in Sandoval County, Rio Rancho puts anglers on the Middle Rio Grande corridor while placing them within 30–60 miles of the Jemez Mountains watershed and Cochiti Lake. The warmwater river and its riverside drains fish year-round, and a short drive northwest opens up trout streams like the Jemez River and high-country lakes.

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Alligator Gar

Atractosteus spatula

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Blue Sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Flathead Chub

Platygobio gracilis

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