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Lake Agua Milpa

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Agua Milpa is a 55,000 acre reservoir nestled high in the beautiful Sierra Madras mountains of rural Nayarit. It is fed by the Rio Santiago, Mexico’s largest river as well as the Rio Chico. The dam forming the lake is located about 40 miles northeast of the city of Tepic at an elevation of 2400’ It was completed in 1994, creating what has become one of the most scenic and promising Bass fisheries in all of Mexico.

Upon the dams completion Bill Chapman Sr. of ( Balderrama Resorts), stocked a small body of water at the base of the dam with 300,000 Florida Black Bass fingerlings. He returned in 1996 to find that the Bass had not only taken hold but had been growing at a rate that only seems to happen in Mexico. It didn’t take long to find out that they had saturated every part of. this 65 mile + wishbone-shaped impoundment. It also didn’t take Mr. Chapman long to build Agua Milpa’s first fishing lodge, and I believe it is a fine establishment.

As Agua Milpa winds through towering Sierra Madras she reveals her abundant trees, bluffs, and brush cluttered shorelines. Several waterfalls adorn her banks and the tropical vegetation and wildlife may at time distract you from your bass catching mission. While there is little grass in this deep reservoir, (over 600’at it’s deepest), you will find there is no shortage of bass holding structure and cover. Since the dam was built for hydroelectric purposes and not irrigation, the lake has not suffered from sudden draw downs or drastic fluctuations that hinder many other Mexican Bass Fisheries, Just a gradual annual draw that is quickly replenished with the summer rains.