Fishing Hot Spots

Fishing Hot Spots by area

River towns, lagoons and reservoirs. Tap one to fly to it on the map.

Dorado on the Paraguay River and pejerrey in the Pampas

The Paraguay River is big-river country: golden dorado, surubí catfish, pacú, armado and boga from Pilar and Asunción all the way north to Fuerte Olimpo and Bahía Negra, where the Pantanal begins.

In Argentina, the lagoons of Buenos Aires province (Chascomús, Lobos, Gómez in Junín and the Lagunas Encadenadas at Guaminí) are the home of pejerrey, the Argentine silverside, fished with long rods and light floats in the cool months, with tararira (wolf fish) in the reeds in summer. Córdoba's mountain reservoirs and the big lakes of Santiago del Estero and Salta add more pejerrey and carp, and the Andes reservoirs of Mendoza hold rainbow trout.

Rules: Paraguay requires a permit from the Ministry of Environment and closes fishing during the spawning veda, each Argentine province sells its own license with its own seasons, and Uruguay's fishing rules come from DINARA. Fisheries reserves and Indigenous lands are closed to fishing.

On the bay, in the mangroves, on the ocean or on a quiet lagoon at sunrise, the everyday struggles get left at the dock. For those few hours, it's just you, the water and peace.