5 Lakes and Lagoons in Sinaloa, Mexico: Map & Photos

5 lakes and lagoons

Sinaloa has 5 lakes and lagoons with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblos Mágicos of El Fuerte and El Rosario. The closest to a pueblo is Presa El Sabino, 9 km from El Fuerte; the farthest out is Presa Miguel Hidalgo, 28 km from El Fuerte.

Lakes and lagoons are at their best early in the morning, when the water is calm. Many have boat rides and lakeside fish restaurants, and get busy on weekends.

Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec.

The Lakes and Lagoons 5

Presa El Sabino · Lake · 9 km from El Fuerte
The Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez dam, known as El Sabino, west of El Fuerte: bass and catfish fishing, camping, and a yearly tournament.
Laguna del Caimanero · Lake · 21 km from El Rosario
A huge coastal lagoon full of shorebirds; in the dry hot season its marshes crystallize into a white plain of natural salt.
Presa Miguel Hidalgo · Lake · 28 km from El Fuerte
A large reservoir north of El Fuerte, also called El Mahone, famous for big black bass; guided fishing trips leave from town.
Presa Humaya · Lake · Badiraguato
Sinaloa's largest reservoir, at El Varejonal north of Culiacán: a cliff-lined lake known to bass anglers as Lake Mateos.
Presa Sanalona · Lake · Culiacán
Sinaloa's first dam (1948), in the hills east of Culiacán: boat rides, bass fishing, picnic palapas and fish fresh from the reservoir.