Big trout rivers (wade fishing)
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
Open the checklistRio Araguaia
- Type
- Freestone river, Goiás, Brazil
- Season
- Mar–Oct
Where the season comes from
INI MPA/MMA n°12/2011 Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Araguaia (GO, PA, TO, divisa GO/MT, divisa PA/MT e divisa TO/MT) Todas as espécies - 01/nov 28/fev
Our translation: INI MPA/MMA 12/2011: Araguaia river basin (GO, PA, TO, and the GO/MT, PA/MT and TO/MT borders), all species, closed 1 Nov - 28 Feb.
Set for this water by name. Open months are those outside the federal closed season (defeso). The page gives the close season; the months shown are the rest of the year.
Exceptions on the page:
IN MAPA/MMA n° 10/2017 e Resolução CEPESCA-MT n° 003/2024 Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Araguaia (MT) 01/out 31/jan
Our translation: Araguaia basin within Mato Grosso: closed 1 Oct - 31 Jan (not the Aruanã reach, which is on the GO/MT border).
Also on the agency's pages:
Entre 1º de novembro e 28 de fevereiro, é estabelecido o período de defeso, no qual a pesca fica proibida para fins comerciais.
Our translation: Between 1 November and 28 February the closed season is in force, during which fishing for commercial purposes is prohibited.
Governo de Goiás, SemadA cartilha esclarece que a pesca não está proibida fora do período de defeso
Our translation: The booklet clarifies that fishing is not prohibited outside the closed season
Governo de Goiás, SemadA pesca esportiva na modalidade “pesque e solte” pode ser realizada, desde que o pescador possua licença e não utilize iscas com fisgas.
Our translation: Sport fishing as catch-and-release may be practised [during the closed season], provided the angler holds a licence and does not use hooked baits.
Governo de Goiás
Defesos continentais (atualizado 27/11/2025)
IBAMA · 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 Rio Araguaia
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 Rio Araguaia where the Rio Vermelho joins it. Photo: User.Alarcon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Rio Araguaia
The Rio Araguaia is a freestone river in Goiás, Mato Grosso and Tocantins, Brazil. Brazil's Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) runs a telemetry station on it at Aruanã. This page covers the middle Araguaia around Aruanã, on the Goiás / Mato Grosso border, up to São Félix do Araguaia.
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 Rio Araguaia
Restrooms near Rio Araguaia
Restrooms within 2 miles of Rio Araguaia 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.
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- Rio ParaguaiMato Grosso · Freestone river · about 721 km
- Rio NegroAmazonas · Freestone river · about 2025 km
- Rio BrancoRoraima · Freestone river · about 2164 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 Rio Araguaia
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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Guides
No guide within 60 km yet.
Shops nearby
No shop nearby yet.
Gear checklist
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A wade-fishing checklist for big trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier 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
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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
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Rio Araguaia.
No stories from here yet.
Sources for this page
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
All 3 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 gauge ARUANÃ. Water type is our own classification.
- SNIRH ArcGIS: Estacoes_Hidrotelemetria (Codigo=25200000)Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) · checked 2026-10-20
- Defesos continentais (atualizado 27/11/2025)IBAMA · checked 2026-11-04
- Overture Maps places (guide map points)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0 · checked 2026-09-30