The Fishing & Season

We will target fish averaging 4 to 8 pounds and some 10 to 14 pound fish are always a possibility. The largest Dorado caught on a fly in Esquina area was 24.5 pounds and was captured in September 1998. In August 2002, close to Curuzú ( Corrientes ) a pending IGFA record on a fly was landed. An outstanding 42.9 pounds !!! Most of the fishing is done on sinking tip lines of varied head lenghts using streamers, but sometimes we also use floating lines, and occasionally fish poppers.

On almost half of the days we fish on the Corrientes River where we use motor boats to reach the good fishing spots and then wade fish or fish from the boat. With the right water levels, we also float it on Catarrafts for better results. In Arroyo Vega we wade fish, as well as in some local ponds.

The Guayquiraro, Barrancas and Sarandi rivers are also close to Esquina, and with the right conditions they can provide outstanding fishing.

On the Parana river, we use powerful motor boats to reach the good areas.

Although Dorados are our primary target, a series of other interesting game fish that eagerly take flies live in the area.

	The Chafalote or Pirayagua is fierce looking and provides a fight that is not easy to forget.

	The Palometa Brava , the largest species in the Piranha family, is also present and frequent. They put up a nice fight on light rods ( 5 weight ) but they will destroy your flies !!

	The Tararira is another great sport fish. Although the fight is not great, it’s the spectacular strike what counts. We fish for them in shallow ponds with poppers, that they frequently send flying in the sky when they miss their strike.

The Fishing Season

Although Dorados are present in the area year round, the fishing varies throughout the year.

After a short period when fishing is banned, usually between mid November and Christmas, summer offers normal to high water, and hot weather fishing.
The water levels start to drop by early fall, until the year lowest usually in August and September.

The first Spring rains in late September or early October bring many small creeks back to life and most baitfish species start moving up into the tributaries to spawn, followed by the schools of Dorados.

In summer we find Dorados all over the area, in any type of faster water where they can ambush their prey. This is the time to fish the large Parana River and its delta.

In fall, the baitfish that spent the summer in swamped areas are forced into the rivers as waters recede, and Dorados are waiting for them in the places where this waters are poured back into the rivers.

The lower Corriente, the Guaiquiraro and other medium size rivers fish very well during this time of the year.

In winter and early spring, when the waters are the lowest and clearest, Dorados tend to concentrate in the rivers where they find the largest source of baitfish.

It's also the time when Dorados start to follow the large schools of mojarras to the upper Corriente, where they spawn in late spring and summer.

Overall, the fishing is good al year round, with the two best periods being February-March-April and August to mid November.