GALLINAS RIVER (nr Las Vegas)

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in May. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked May 28 148 days ago

best window 10:03 pm-12:03 am solunar major today

Water right now 3.59 ft gage height flow 52.2 cfs USGS gauge 08382500 (GALLINAS R NR COLONIAS, NM) · read 7:00 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

202 fish reported

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 28	Rainbow trout	catchable	202	completed

When to fish GALLINAS RIVER (nr Las Vegas)

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:40-11:40 am and 10:03 pm-12:03 am	3:58-4:58 am and 4:13-5:13 pm
Tomorrow	10:26 am-12:26 pm and 10:50 pm-12:50 am	5:03-6:03 am and 4:41-5:41 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Mountain Time (MDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked May 28

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · New Mexico fishing forecast

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Santa Rosa Lake	16 mi	May 24
Blue Hole Park Pond	21 mi	Oct 16
EL RITO CREEK (nr Santa Rosa)	22 mi	Oct 16
Perch Lake (Guadalupe County)	22 mi	Jun 30
Harris Lake	36 mi	Jun 30

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Records from New Mexico Game and Fish (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: New Mexico fishing regulations.