Bahía Negra y Pantanal

Fishing in Bahía Negra y Pantanal

Alto Paraguay, on the Paraguay y Negro river

3 places 🐟 Golden dorado🐋 Surubí catfish🥭 Pacú🦷 Piranha

The far north: 120 fish species, caimans and jaguars in one of South America's last untouched corners. Reached by light plane or by boat up the Paraguay river from Concepción.

Fishing lodges (2)

Estación Los Tres Gigantes
Fishing lodge

Estación Los Tres Gigantes

★ 4.9 (29)

Guyra Paraguay's biological station on the Negro river, 40 km from Bahía Negra: up to 10 guests, fishing, canoeing and photo safaris. Gs. 150,000-250,000/night.

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Fishing lodge

Posada Laguna Yacaré

Air conditioned guesthouse for 14 on the Paraguay river, 20 km north of Carmelo Peralta, deep in the Pantanal. Pool, river-view deck and boat fishing trips. Tel: (0981) 170222.

☎ +595 981 170222

Accommodation (1)

Hotel Pantanal Inn
Accommodation

Hotel Pantanal Inn

★ 4.2 (67)

On the main avenue of Carmelo Peralta (Alto Paraguay), the gateway to the Paraguayan Pantanal. 32 rooms with private bath, air conditioning and wifi, its own restaurant, and fishing days in the Pantanal for guests.

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What you catch here

🐟 Golden dorado · Year round outside the closed season; best from March to May and from August to October
🐋 Surubí catfish · Year round (outside the closed season); from June to September it holds in the deep pools
🥭 Pacú · On the Paraná, summer (December to March); on the Pantanal and the upper Paraguay, low water from July to October
🦷 Piranha · Year round (outside the closed season)

Other fishing areas

Ayolas y Corredor ParanáAsunción y Chaco'iPilarEncarnación y San CosmeCerritoConcepciónVallemí y San LázaroPaso de Patria

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