Navajo Lake is a man-made reservoir, with the assistance of the Army Corp of Engineers the U.S. Bureau of Reclaimation completed the dam in 1963. The Lake is banked by an earth-filled dam 406 feet high, 3,648 feet long. The elevation at Navajo Lake is 6,100 feet, and with 1,986,000 acre feet of water it provides 23 sq. miles of surface area where you can satisfy all your boating, fishing and camping pleasures. In many areas Navajo Lake is over 400 feet deep. As the Anasazi of 1300 A.D., you can explore the many mesas. Wildlife abounds at Navajo Lake State Park. Visitors may see deer, elk, beaver, muskrat, raccoon, water fowl, sea gulls, Bald Eagles and mountain goats. The park is also host to many migrating birds, including the American White Pelican, which returns to the coast of Mexico in winter. Welcome to Navajo Lake and Sims Marina. Public fishing tournament
Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, NM
Navajo Lake Crappie Thon
Sims Marina, Navajo Lake State Park
May 19th - 26th 2012
Bar-b-que: Noon May 26th
Free fishing poles for youth team members
One Adult on each team.
Rules & regulations @ sfwnm.com
Contact: Will Lee 505-330-3651
Dar Gunnick 505-608-1883
Come and enjoy our great outdoors.
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