What you catch in Paraguay

8 species, with their season and where to find them

The Paraguay, Paraná and Tebicuary rivers hold everything from golden dorado, the trophy that draws anglers worldwide, to surubí, the most widespread and present in every area of the guide.

Surubí catfish

Pseudoplatystoma spp.

Year round (outside the closed season); from June to September it holds in the deep pools

Golden dorado

Salminus brasiliensis

Year round outside the closed season; best from March to May and from August to October

Pacú

Piaractus mesopotamicus

On the Paraná, summer (December to March); on the Pantanal and the upper Paraguay, low water from July to October

Boga

Megaleporinus obtusidens

Year round (outside the closed season)

Pirá pytá

Brycon orbignyanus

Spring and summer

Tararira (wolf fish)

Hoplias malabaricus

September to April, in lagoons and marshes

Patí catfish

Luciopimelodus pati

Year round (outside the closed season)

Piranha

Pygocentrus / Serrasalmus spp.

Year round (outside the closed season)

All of them are subject to the annual closed season and to minimum sizes: check licence, closed season and sizes.

Pira Experience, the sport fishing guide to Paraguay.