Cox Reservoir is a reservoir in New Mexico, near Doña Ana County.
Cox Reservoir is a reservoir in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, and covers about 3.7 acres, reaches about 4.8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 10 acre-feet.
Cox Reservoir is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Cox Reservoir, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Cox Reservoir include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.
Start the bluegill search on Cox Reservoir by trying to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
One direct largemouth bass tactic on Cox Reservoir is to work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
Start the channel catfish search on Cox Reservoir by trying to fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
When the bite is slow on Cox Reservoir, use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket.
To narrow down Cox Reservoir, in spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace.
To begin fishing Cox Reservoir, a medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle.
During the first hour on Cox Reservoir, record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.