Maxwell Lake 13

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April.

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last stocked Apr 22 184 days ago

best window 10:02 pm-12:02 am solunar major today

1 stocking 2026

1,999 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
Apr 22	Rainbow trout	catchable	1,999	completed

When to fish Maxwell Lake 13

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:39-11:39 am and 10:02 pm-12:02 am	3:57-4:57 am and 4:11-5:11 pm
Tomorrow	10:25 am-12:25 pm and 10:49 pm-12:49 am	5:02-6:02 am and 4:38-5:38 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 Apr 22

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, stillwater)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

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
LAKE ALICE (Sugarite Canyon)	28 mi	Oct 13
Lake Maloya	30 mi	Oct 13
CIMARRON RIVER (West of Cimarron)	35 mi	Jul 15
Shuree Ponds	36 mi	Jul 16
Eagle Nest Lake	38 mi	Oct 15

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