SOUTHEAST BRAZIL FISHING MAP
Fishing Hot Spots
From Camamu, Ilhéus and Caravelas in south Bahia, down the Espírito Santo coast past Vitória and Guarapari, around Cabo de São Tomé to Macaé, Búzios, Cabo Frio and Arraial do Cabo, into Rio de Janeiro, Ilha Grande and Paraty, and along São Paulo from Ubatuba and Ilhabela to Santos and Cananéia, with the Royal Charlotte Bank and the shelf-edge canyons offshore. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.
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Fishing Hot Spots by area
Islands, points, reefs and the offshore canyons and bank. Tap one to fly to it on the map.
Blue marlin off Vitória, groupers on the islands, bluefish at Cabo Frio
Southeast Brazil has some of the best blue-water fishing in the South Atlantic. Off Vitória and Guarapari the shelf edge and its canyons come within about 30 miles of shore, and from about October to March blue and white marlin, sailfish, dorado, wahoo and yellowfin tuna hunt there. Farther north, the Royal Charlotte Bank off south Bahia is a famous offshore ground.
Closer in, the coast is lined with rocky islands: Guarapari's Três Ilhas, the islands of Búzios and Cabo Frio, Ilha Grande and Paraty, and Ilhabela, Búzios and Montão de Trigo off São Paulo. They hold groupers (garoupa, badejo), snappers, amberjack, bluefish (anchova), bonito and Spanish mackerel. Arraial do Cabo, where cold water wells up, is famous for big bluefish and bonito.
Rules: Brazil requires an amateur fishing license (Licença de Pesca Amadora), and the goliath grouper (mero) is fully protected. Many islands here are no-fishing ecological stations, parks or refuges (Abrolhos, Tamoios in Angra dos Reis, Tupinambás, Alcatrazes, Laje de Santos), so check where you are before you drop a line. Extractive reserves like Arraial do Cabo allow fishing under their rules.
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