MEXICO BASS LAKES FISHING MAP

Fishing Hot Spots

The famous big-bass reservoirs of Mexico: El Salto, Comedero, Picachos and Huites in Sinaloa, Aguamilpa in Nayarit, El Novillo and Oviáchic in Sonora, and Vicente Guerrero, El Cuchillo and Marte R. Gómez in the northeast. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.

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Parks & rules

Data rule: Lake stars are the OpenStreetMap or GeoNames center of the named lake, or the dam when the lake itself is not mapped; these are general positions, not pinpoints, and each star says which. Boat ramps and docks come from OpenStreetMap; few are mapped in Mexico. Every star shows its source when you tap it. BigJoe does not invent coordinates. The exact sources used on this map are listed under Map sources & checks below.
Select a Fishing Hot Spot on the map or from the list below.
★ Fishing Hot SpotBoat rampMarinaWreckObstructionRock (yellow = awash)Coral / rock bottomCanyonWeather/tide stationNo-fishing zone (solid red)Protected area, fishing with rules (dashed red)

Safety: these are planning references. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts and proper safety equipment before heading out.

Lake guides for this map

Month-by-month patterns, fish, ramps and rules for each water:

📘 Lake Baccarac and Lake Comedero (Sinaloa, Mexico)📘 Lake Vicente Guerrero and Falcon Lake📘 Lake El Salto

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Fishing Hot Spots by area

Lakes. Tap one to fly to it on the map.

Big bass in flooded timber

Mexico's reservoirs were stocked with Florida-strain largemouth bass, and the warm water and flooded trees grow them big. El Salto is the most famous, with 10-pound bass every season; Comedero, Picachos and Huites are close behind, and most are fished from lodges with guides.

In the northeast, Vicente Guerrero was a legend in the 1970s and 1980s and still produces, and El Cuchillo near Monterrey has given up some of the biggest bass in the country.

Rules: Mexico requires a CONAPESCA sport-fishing license, and the lodges practice catch-and-release for big bass. Check the local situation and travel advice before you go.

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Map sources & checks

Coverage
Mexico Bass Lakes. Mapped features come from public datasets and can be incomplete or out of date: a missing reef, ramp or wreck does not mean it is not there.
Map data
Hot spots
11 hot spots, each with its own source (tap any star to see it): OpenStreetMap/Nominatim named place (general position, not a pinpoint) (9), GeoNames (1), point on a Natural Earth river or lake line (general location) (1).
Chart layers (Charts button)
GEBCO ocean depth and OpenSeaMap buoys, lights and markers. GEBCO and OpenSeaMap are useful references, not official navigation charts.
Weather & tides
See Weather & Tides for this area: Open-Meteo weather and marine models. Tides here are estimated from a global sea-level model, not official tide tables.
Dates
This page last updated October 15, 2026. Each dataset keeps its own retrieval date, shown above.

⚠️ Planning reference only, not for navigation. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts, and proper safety gear before heading out.

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