Fishing in Paraguay in July

What you catch in Paraguay in July: 6 species in season, in which areas, and no closed season.

Open
Open. Outside the closed season. You still need the MADES licence.

In season this month

🐟 Golden dorado

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

Why it appears: «Year round outside the closed season; best from March to May and from August to October»

🐋 Surubí catfish

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

Why it appears: «Year round (outside the closed season); from June to September it holds in the deep pools»

🥭 Pacú

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

Why it appears: «On the Paraná, summer (December to March); on the Pantanal and the upper Paraguay, low water from July to October»

🥖 Boga

Season: Year round (outside the closed season)

Why it appears: «Year round (outside the closed season)»

🌙 Patí catfish

Season: Year round (outside the closed season)

Why it appears: «Year round (outside the closed season)»

🦷 Piranha

Season: Year round (outside the closed season)

Why it appears: «Year round (outside the closed season)»

Where to go this month

The areas where at least one of the in-season species is fished (12 in all).

PilarPaso de PatriaCerritoAyolas y Corredor ParanáCiudad del EsteEncarnación y San CosmeBahía Negra y PantanalVilla FloridaVilleta e Ypeka'eConcepciónVallemí y San LázaroAsunción y Chaco'i

What the guide says about the closed season

🚫 Annual closed season
Every year MADES closes sport and commercial fishing during spawning; only subsistence fishing from the bank is exempt. Pattern: starts in the first days of November. In waters shared with Argentina: until December 20. Inland rivers, streams and lagoons follow that same date. In waters shared with Brazil: until January 31 of the following year. Always verify the exact date at mades.gov.py before booking. Fishing during the veda: fine of 3,001 to 20,000 minimum daily wages, today Gs. 351–2,342 million.

Licence, closed season and sizes in detail →

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Each species’ months are derived from its season exactly as loaded in the guide, and quoted verbatim. A species naming neither month nor season appears in no month.