freestone river · trout
Red River (below Fish Hatchery)
Live conditions for Red River (below Fish Hatchery): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
78cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · -5.7% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp50.0°F
Stage4.73 ft
Engine callGO 79 cfs in the wade band · 50°F
The water
Red River (below Fish Hatchery) is a freestone river in New Mexico, fished for trout — rainbow, brown. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutrainbow troutbrown trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Red River Fish Hatchery Accesswalk in
- Red River Box (hike-in canyon below hatchery)walk in
- El Aguaje Trail Access to Lower Red Riverwalk in
- La Junta Trail/Overlook Access to Red River-Rio Grande Confluencewalk in
- Little Arsenic Springs Trail Access to Confluencewalk in
- Big Arsenic Springs Trail Access to Confluencewalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.