Piracema in Brazil until 28 February? In Paraguay fishing opens on 22 December
The state-by-state table, the areas that open on each date and the honest maths: for anglers from MT, RS and SC the advantage is only December and January.
What we learn building the guide, written for the angler who is coming
The state-by-state table, the areas that open on each date and the honest maths: for anglers from MT, RS and SC the advantage is only December and January.
Ypeka'e is a rural part of Villeta on the Paraguay River, about 70 km from Asunción. Where it is, how to get there, what you catch, where to cast without a boat and where to stay with a fishing dock.
In the northeast of Concepción, where the Apa River, the border with Brazil, flows into the Paraguay: what you catch, when each river closes, how to visit the caves and the 7 places in the guide to sleep and go out.
Where it rises, how long it is and where it meets the Paraná, then the river walked downstream: the areas the guide covers on it and what you catch in each.
By the day with a guide, or your own with a registration: what each boat in the guide publishes, what to ask before heading out and the paperwork the Prefectura asks for if you buy.
What each hotel and guesthouse in Pilar publishes for visiting anglers, who sets up the trip on the Paraguay River, the guides with boats and what to ask before booking.
The guide's places to stay and boats in Concepción, from the guesthouse in the centre to the houseboat, sorted for the angler: where to sleep, who to fish with and how to get there.
Asunción has tackle shops downtown, on Avda. Artigas, on Avda. Fernando de la Mora, in the north of the city and in Itá Enramada. Which one sells what, where to get live bait and who fixes reels, plus the shops in Ciudad del Este and Encarnación.
Who sells fishing packages in Ayolas, what each one includes according to what it publishes, and where to sleep: in Ayolas, in Coratei or on an island in the Paraná.
The tournaments held on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers, month by month, with what each club published: venue, format and entry fee. None falls in the closed season.
The Paraguay River runs past the centre of the capital and the guide lists 18 places to go out and fish it in a day: boatmen, yachts, clubs and tackle shops. What you catch, from where and with what.
A day on the Paraná or the Paraguay River is ruined by what stayed at home, not by what was left over in the bag. This is the list, species by species, with the legal part that Paraguayan law requires.
It eats what falls from the tree, has a very keen sense of smell and is hard to fool: the fruit eater and how to catch it.
A small mouth, a subtle bite and zigzag runs: the river's most underrated fight, ideal for beginners.
160 km from the capital down Route 1, the Tebicuary is the river where Paraguayans learn to fish. What each place in the area publishes, no embellishment.
The law MADES applies across the country, read in full and put into an angler's words: what you can keep, with what gear, and what a mistake costs.
From the bed to the boat: how set packages work at Paraguayan lodges, what each one publishes and what to ask before sending the deposit.
The Paraná below the dam, a boat with a local guide and a package that already covers fuel and bait. What to know before going, with no tackle promises.
Paraguay has two big rivers and twelve fishing areas spread between them. Neither is better: there is one for each fish, each month and each way of travelling.
Documents, licence, closed season, fish names and the areas closest to the border, with 116 places verified one by one.
Three rivers, twelve areas and 116 verified places. A full lap to choose where to go by fish, budget and how you want to get there.
One of the giants of the river: two species that get mixed up, deep holes by day and the bank by night, and an 80-kilo fish returned to the water.
A fish of fruit and fast water, quick and acrobatic, named after its colour in Paraguay, on Brazil's threatened list, and with a fishing club named after it across the river.
Two countries, one river and two opposite systems: one closes everything for a few months a year, the other has no annual closed season but will not let you keep the big fish.
The same river changes a lot between the confluence and the dams. Where each area sits and what is caught in each one.
Two towns with almost the same name, one in each country, and the place where the two big rivers meet.
The same river, the same fish, two countries. And a border crossing on top of the dam that only opens by day.
What to know before planning the trip: when you can go, where, with what, and the rules worth not breaking.
Pira Experience, the sport fishing guide to Paraguay