Fishing near Roswell, NM

Set in Chaves County on the high plains of southeastern New Mexico, Roswell sits along the Pecos River, the defining local waterway holding rainbow and brown trout, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and catfish. Nearby still waters like Lake Van and the sinkhole lakes of Bottomless Lakes State Park, about 15 miles southeast, round out the local scene, with mountain trout streams in the Ruidoso corridor within driving distance.