Steelhead & salmon
11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon
Open the checklistRío Santa Cruz
- Type
- Freestone river, Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Season
- All year
Where the season comes from
Santa Cruz (Río) Apertura continuada durante todo el año.
Our translation: Santa Cruz (river): open continuously all year.
Set for this water by name.
Exceptions on the page:
A partir del 15/03/2027: Captura y Devolución Obligatoria de Trucha Steelhead.
Our translation: From 15/03/2027: mandatory catch-and-release of steelhead.Salmón Chinook: 01/08/2027 · 30/11/2027, señuelo libre con un (1) anzuelo simple o doble, LD un (1) ejemplar.
Our translation: Chinook salmon: 01/08/2027-30/11/2027, any lure with one single or double hook, daily limit one fish.
Ambientes de Santa Cruz – Anexo I Temporada 2026/2027
Secretaría de Estado de Pesca y Acuicultura, Provincia de Santa Cruz (Dirección de Pesca Continental) · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there. - Live gauges
- None listed
- Listed by
- 1 authoritative list
- Guides
- None listed
- Shops
- None listed
Today on Río Santa Cruz
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.
Photo credit
The Santa Cruz River from National Route 40, downstream of Lago Argentino. Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Río Santa Cruz
The Río Santa Cruz is a freestone river in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Argentina's Instituto Nacional del Agua (INA) runs a Red Hidrológica Nacional gauge on it, station Santa Cruz - Charles Fuhr. It runs from Lago Argentino to the Atlantic.
Where to fish
About this
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 Río Santa Cruz
Restrooms near Río Santa Cruz
Restrooms within 2 miles of Río Santa Cruz 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 Río Santa Cruz (6)
- Río CoyleSanta Cruz · Freestone river · about 112 km
- Lago ArgentinoSanta Cruz · Lake or reservoir · about 159 km
- Lago CardielSanta Cruz · Lake or reservoir · about 160 km
- Lago ViedmaSanta Cruz · Lake or reservoir · about 184 km
- Río BarrancosoSanta Cruz · Freestone river · about 206 km
- Lago StrobelSanta Cruz · Lake or reservoir · about 208 km
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 Río Santa Cruz
About this
Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Guides
No guide within 60 km yet.
Shops nearby
No shop nearby yet.
Species
About this
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Cupo anual: un (1) ejemplar de Trucha Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) por temporada. LD general: dos (2) ejemplares; un (1) de Perca y un (1) de Trucha Marrón. A partir del 15/03/2027: Captura y Devolución Obligatoria de Trucha Steelhead. Salmón Chinook: 01/08/2027 · 30/11/2027, señuelo libre con un (1) anzuelo simple o doble, LD un (1) ejemplar. Róbalo (Eleginops maclovinus): todo el año
Our translation: Annual quota: one steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) per season. General daily limit: two fish; one perch and one brown trout. From 15/03/2027 steelhead catch-and-release. Chinook salmon: 01/08/2027-30/11/2027 ... Róbalo (Eleginops maclovinus): all year
Listed as: Trucha Steelhead, Perca, Trucha Marrón, Salmón Chinook.
Listed by the agency
- Steelhead
- Creole perch
- Brown trout
- Chinook 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 the Río Santa Cruz? Same fish, US waters.
Featured sport-fishing waterPhoto credit
The Rogue Wild and Scenic River, Oregon (BLM). Photo: Bureau of Land Management, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Blue RibbonPhoto credit
The Boardman River in the Brown Bridge Quiet Area, near Traverse City. Photo: Phoenix-Five, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Class 1 trout streamPhoto credit
The Bois Brule River at the County Highway B landing (Winneboujou), Wisconsin. Photo: Kriz420 (Wikimedia Commons user), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Genesee RiverPhoto credit
Oatka Creek at Le Roy, New York, looking north from the Main Street bridge. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Genesee River.
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Black RiverPhoto credit
Anglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Black River.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Salmon River
Gear checklist
About this
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.
Videos for this water (5)
Watch: reading a trout stream
About this
Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Watch: nymphing basics
About this
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Fish Tales
About this
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Río Santa Cruz.
No stories from here yet.
Sources for this page
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
All 4 sources and dates
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 “Río Santa Cruz” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.
- INA estaciones (siteCode 1878)Instituto Nacional del Agua · checked 2026-10-20
- Ambientes de Santa Cruz – Anexo I Temporada 2026/2027Secretaría de Estado de Pesca y Acuicultura, Provincia de Santa Cruz (Dirección de Pesca Continental) · checked 2026-11-04
- OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 · checked 2026-10-20
- Overture Maps places (guide map points)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0 · checked 2026-09-30