paraná river — paso de la patria
Traditional dorado village on the upper Paraná, host of the Fiesta Nacional de la Pesca del Dorado. Wide river, islands and current near the confluence with the Paraguay River.
Paso de la Patria sits on the Corrientes bank of the upper Paraná, near the confluence with the Paraguay River. The river is wide, with islands, channels, sandbars and strong current. Dorado is the main target: caught trolling, by casting mid-water lures, and with natural bait on the bottom in the current runs. Surubí, tiger surubí (cachara), pacu, boga and manguruyú (jaú) complete the list. Fishing is from a boat, with a local guide who knows the channels and rocks. The village lives off fishing and hosts the Fiesta Nacional de la Pesca del Dorado each year, a catch-and-release fishing contest.
best season
From late autumn to spring, May to October, is the classic dorado season. The Fiesta Nacional de la Pesca del Dorado takes place in August. Surubí and pacu also produce in the warm months.
Local rules: In Corrientes, dorado is a Provincial Natural Monument (Law 6.730/2025): release every dorado. The province may decree extraordinary closed seasons on stretches of the Paraná when schools concentrate, as it did in 2026. The Paraná there is the border with Paraguay: Paraguayan rules apply in Paraguayan waters. A Corrientes fishing license is required. Check local rules.
- getting there
- About 40 km from Corrientes city, which has an airport. From Resistencia (Chaco), across the bridge over the Paraná, it is about an hour by car.
- facilities
- Inns, cabins and fishing hotels in the village, marinas, guides with launches and shops selling bait and gear.
- country
- Corrientes, Argentina
tip
Trolling, work the current breaks at the tips of the islands. Use a short steel leader: dorado have strong teeth.
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what you can catch here
before you fish in Argentina
There is no national license: the sport fishing license belongs to each province. In northern Patagonia, the Patagonian Regulation permit issued by Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut or the National Parks Administration (APN) is valid in all these jurisdictions, including the southern parks; in 2025/2026 it cost $40,000 per season for residents of the country and from $50,000 (day) to $280,000 (season) for non-resident foreigners, with online purchase. Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego have their own permits (TDF 2026/2027: foreigners from $78,000 per day to $260,000 per season). On the coast (Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Corrientes) each province issues its own.
- The license is provincial. In Patagonian national parks, the APN permit or the provinces' Patagonian permit is valid, and fishing is only allowed in the environments listed in the parks' annex.
- Patagonian Regulation (2025/2026): general season from November 1 to May 1; in rivers and streams, including 200 m from their mouths, mandatory release with a single barbless hook, except for exceptions in the annexes; as a rule, one artificial lure with a single hook; selling fish prohibited; felt-soled boots prohibited.
- In national parks, all native species (perch, Patagonian pejerrey, catfish, peladillas) must be released; Atlantic salmon must be released in all environments under the regulation.
- Golden dorado: in Corrientes it is a Provincial Natural Monument (Law 6,730/2025); in Entre Ríos commercial fishing is prohibited and sport fishing is catch-and-release only (Law 11,174/2024); on the Uruguay River, shared with Uruguay, there's a CARU closed season from September 1 to December 31.
- Tierra del Fuego (2026/2027): season from October 30, 2026 to May 2, 2027, fly and spinning only, and mandatory release in all provincial environments starting March 1, 2027.
The rules and closed seasons in the rest of the app are Brazilian. Outside Brazil, the regulations of the country and province apply: confirm with the official agency.
sources and references
Access, facilities and season information changes: check with the lodge, a local guide or the city hall before you travel.
- official Senado de Corrientes — Ley provincial 6.730 (declara o dourado Monumento Natural Provincial)Enacted Oct 22, 2025; enforcement authority: Corrientes Ministry of Tourism
- press Canal 26 — Fiesta Nacional del Dorado 2026 em Paso de la Patria61st edition, August 14 to 17, 2026, catch and release fishing
- press Perfil — Corrientes decreta defeso extraordinário no Paraná por concentração de dourados (setembro de 2026)Measure by the Dirección de Recursos Naturales, later suspended