paraná river — panorama and paulicéia
The Paraná River at the head of the Porto Primavera lake, on the border with Mato Grosso do Sul. A city with a fishing tradition, known for barbado, mandi and surubim.
Paulicéia and Panorama face Mato Grosso do Sul across the river, where the Paraná begins to form the lake of the Porto Primavera hydroelectric plant, well upstream of Presidente Epitácio. Paulicéia bills itself as the town born for fishing: it has a traditional fishing tournament, a municipal riverside resort and the cable-stayed bridge to the neighboring state. Fishing monitoring by UFMS and Cesp, with one of its landing points in Panorama and Paulicéia, showed how important scaleless catfish are in the lake: mandi, the most numerous, barbado, surubim, jurupoca and jurupensém, and some anglers go after surubim on purpose. It is big-river fishing, from a boat, with natural bait on the bottom of the channels and banks.
best season
March to October, outside the spawning closure. Nov 1 to Feb 28, the scaleless catfish, all native, are protected.
Local rules: Spawning closure (piracema) in the Paraná basin from Nov 1 to Feb 28 (IN Ibama 25/2009): only non-native species, up to 10 kg plus 1 specimen; in this stretch of the Paraná River, between Jupiá and Porto Primavera, the rule allows fishing from a boat and from the bank in this period, but only for exotic, allochthonous and hybrid species. Surubim is a Vulnerable species: it may be caught only under the recovery plan, with a minimum size of 90 cm in the Paraná basin (PI MPA/MMA 15/2024). The opposite bank is Mato Grosso do Sul, which has its own rules. Check local rules.
- getting there
- About 695 km from São Paulo. Panorama, a neighboring town on the SP-294 highway, is a port on the Tietê-Paraná waterway. Regional airport in Presidente Prudente.
- facilities
- Municipal riverside resort with kiosks and camping in Paulicéia and Panorama, hotels and restaurants in both towns.
- basin
- Paraná
tip
For barbado and surubim, anchor at the edge of the channel and fish the bottom with a large natural bait, such as tuvira or a piece of fish, late in the afternoon and at night.
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Each card shows the day's index (0 to 100) and, below it, a strip with the index for each hour, from 0h to 23h. from poor to excellent.
what you can catch here
sources and references
Access, facilities and season information changes: check with the lodge, a local guide or the city hall before you travel.
- official Prefeitura de Paulicéia — Portal do TurismoThe town born for fishing: fishing tournament, riverside resort and bridge over the Paraná River
- scientific Fórum Ambiental da Alta Paulista — Dutra et al. (2014), Participação da família Pimelodidae na pesca profissional do reservatório de Porto Primavera, rio Paraná (2006-2008)Monitored landings in Panorama-Paulicéia: mandi, barbado, surubim, jurupoca and jurupensém
- official Ibama — Instrução Normativa nº 25/2009 (piracema da bacia do rio Paraná)Art. 10: special rule between Jupiá and Porto Primavera
- official MMA — Planos de recuperação para espécies aquáticas ameaçadas de extinçãoSurubim (Vulnerable): rules of the recovery plan and of PI MPA/MMA 15/2024