Santa Rosa Lake

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Largemouth bass water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, all 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 24 152 days ago

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

Water right now 26.87 ft gage height USGS gauge 08382810 (SANTA ROSA LAKE NR SANTA ROSA, N.M.) · read 6:30 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

100,764 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Largemouth bass 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 20	Largemouth bass	fingerling	37,678	completed
May 24	Largemouth bass	fingerling	63,086	completed

When to fish Santa Rosa Lake

	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 4:12-5:12 pm
Tomorrow	10:25 am-12:25 pm and 10:49 pm-12:49 am	5:02-6:02 am and 4:40-5:40 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 24

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 bass (largemouth bass stocked 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Spinnerbaits and squarebills	cover water along banks and riprap
Finesse jigs	for the fish that have seen everything else
Medium spinning or casting rod	6.5 to 7 ft medium; 10 to 12 lb line

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
Blue Hole Park Pond	6.3 mi	Oct 16
EL RITO CREEK (nr Santa Rosa)	7.3 mi	Oct 16
Perch Lake (Guadalupe County)	7.4 mi	Jun 30
GALLINAS RIVER (nr Las Vegas)	16 mi	May 28
Lake Sumner	33 mi	Apr 10

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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.