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Lago Viedma

Type
Lake or reservoir, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Season
Oct–May
Where the season comes from

VIEDMA (Lago) - PN Los Glaciares - Permitida la pesca desde el 01/11/2026 al 31/05/2027 y durante octubre del 2027.

Our translation: VIEDMA (lake) - Los Glaciares NP - Fishing allowed from 01/11/2026 to 31/05/2027 and during October 2027.

Set for Los Glaciares National Park part of the lake. Outside the national park, Santa Cruz keeps the lake open all year.

Reglamento de Pesca Deportiva Continental Patagónico 2026/2027 (Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro, Parques Nacionales del Sur)
Comisión Consultiva de Pesca Continental Patagónica (Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro and Parques Nacionales) · checked 2026-11-05. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
None listed
Listed by
2 authoritative lists
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on Lago Viedma

No live reading
Why there is no reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water. Photo: Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Lago Viedma

Lago Viedma is a lake in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Santa Cruz's fisheries secretariat (Secretaría de Estado de Pesca y Acuicultura) lists it in Annex I of Disposición 241/26, its waters for the 2026/27 season. The Patagonian inland fisheries commission of Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro and the national parks lists it in the national parks annex of its 2026/27 sport-fishing regulation.

Where to fish

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Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Lago Viedma

Restrooms near Lago Viedma

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lago Viedma in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Lago Viedma (6)

Sources OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Viedma Lake, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Santa Cruz yet.

The map shows shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

About this

Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Guides and shops near Lago Viedma

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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

All Santa Cruz guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Santa Cruz shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

LD: Trucha de Lago (bocona) y salmones del Paci co sin límite de captura Our translation: Daily limit: lake trout (bocona) and Pacific salmon without catch limit

Listed as: Trucha de Lago (bocona), salmones del Pacífico.

Listed by the agency

  • Lake trout
  • Pacific salmon

Fish these in the US

About this

Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like Lago Viedma? Same fish, US waters.

  • Marshy shallows at the edge of Henrys Lake, with the Henrys Lake Mountains behindFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Pend Oreille
    Photo credit

    Henrys Lake from Henrys Lake State Park, Idaho. Photo: James Postema, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Pend Oreille.

    Lake Pend Oreille

    Idaho

    Same fish: lake trout · also a lake

  • Ennis Lake partly iced over in early spring, with the snow-covered Madison Range across the waterBlue RibbonRepresentative photo · not Bear Lake
    Photo credit

    Ennis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Bear Lake.

    Bear Lake

    Utah

    Same fish: lake trout · also a lake

  • Lake Billy Chinook filling a basalt canyon, with layered rimrock cliffs along the waterFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Fourmile Lake
    Photo credit

    Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Fourmile Lake.

    Fourmile Lake

    Oregon

    Same fish: lake trout · also a lake

  • A person standing on snow-covered Windfall Lake below spruce forest and snowy peaksSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Fielding Lake
    Photo credit

    Windfall Lake in winter below the Coast Range, near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Fielding Lake.

    Fielding Lake

    Alaska

    Same fish: lake trout · also a lake

  • Aerial view of Eagle Lake beyond the dry bed of Horse LakeFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Priest Lake
    Photo credit

    Eagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Priest Lake.

    Priest Lake

    Idaho

    Same fish: lake trout · also a lake

  • Navajo Lake's blue water and mesa shoreline seen through juniper from Navajo Lake State ParkBlue RibbonRepresentative photo · not Fish Lake
    Photo credit

    Navajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Fish Lake.

    Fish Lake

    Utah

    Same fish: lake trout · also a lake

Gear checklist

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A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

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Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Fish Tales

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Sources for this page

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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Viedma Lake, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.