Fishing Laguna Honda in City and County of San Francisco, California

• Overview

  Laguna Honda sits in City and County of San Francisco, out in California. The bank is 404 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 5 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Ground here is low by California standards. Parkside sits 1.6 miles from the bank. Noe Valley lies 1.6 miles off, Mission District another 2.4 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Laguna Honda

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in City and County of San Francisco include common carp, koi, striped bass, rainbow trout and goldfish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Laguna Honda the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical September readings run about 63°F; by January the average is down near 50°F. Long warm spells define the calendar more than any cold. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Laguna Honda fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows parking within half a mile. Somewhere to sit and eat is half a mile out. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Twin Peaks Reservoir, 0.7 miles out. What applies at Laguna Honda may have changed since it was mapped.