Fishing Fish Pond in De Baca County, New Mexico

• Overview

  Fish Pond lies in De Baca County, in New Mexico. The water sits 4,236 feet up. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. Start from Santa Rosa, 34 miles down the road. The big place round here is Albuquerque, 139 miles distant. Within a short drive: Lake Sumner after 7.1 miles, Rock Lake a touch under 32 miles, Post Lake after 32 miles, Perch Lake a touch under 33 miles and Bass Lake after 33 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Fish Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. De Baca County records list channel catfish, spotted bass, bigscale logperch, green sunfish and white crappie among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 38°F to 77°F. The year never really closes; it just gets uncomfortable in summer. Shade and hour of day matter more than month. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. On Fish Pond the same rules apply, with local timing. Warm rain lifts activity; cold rain flattens it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lake Sumner, 7.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Fish Pond may have changed since it was mapped.