Fishing near Roswell, New Mexico

In Chaves County, New Mexico, sits Roswell. None of the following needs a full day to reach. From the door outwards: Bitter Lake lies 8.5 miles beyond to the north-east, Mirror Lake lies 12 miles beyond, Lea Lake lies 12 miles beyond to the south-east, Scotts Lake lies 22 miles beyond plus Crow Flat Lake lies 38 miles beyond to the south-east. Crow Flat Lake is worth a look at first light before anyone else arrives. No lid forms at any point. The cooler months are the comfortable ones. Almost all of it is lake rather than river. A soft bottom fishes differently from a hard one. Bitter Lake, the closest, runs to roughly 151 acres. Open records for Chaves County list channel catfish, gizzard shad and common carp. Read the signs at the access point rather than assuming. The near circle is small, the wider one is not. Anyone based in Roswell can reach every one of these in a morning....