Big trout rivers (wade fishing)
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
Open the checklistRio Cuiabá
- Type
- Freestone river, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Season
- Feb–Sep
Where the season comes from
O defeso da Piracema em Mato Grosso continuará no mesmo período dos últimos anos, entre os dias 1º de outubro de 2026 e 31 de janeiro de 2027, segundo decisão do Conselho Estadual de Pesca (Cepesca).
Our translation: The Piracema closed season in Mato Grosso keeps the same period as recent years, from 1 October 2026 to 31 January 2027, by decision of the State Fishing Council (Cepesca).
Set for Mato Grosso, not this water by name. Catch-and-release only for amateur anglers in Mato Grosso; no fishing in the closed season. The page gives the close season; the months shown are the rest of the year.
Exceptions on the page:
Nesse período, será permitida a pesca de subsistência desembarcada nos rios das bacias hidrográficas do Paraguai, Amazonas e Araguaia-Tocantins.
Our translation: During this period, bank-based subsistence fishing is allowed in rivers of the Paraguai, Amazonas and Araguaia-Tocantins basins.As demais modalidades estarão proibidas.
Our translation: All other modalities are prohibited.
Also on the agency's pages:
§ 1º Durante o período estabelecido no caput, será permitida a pesca na modalidade “pesque e solte” e a pesca profissional artesanal, desde que atendam às condições específicas previstas nesta legislação e em regulamentação específica, com exceção do período de defeso, durante a piracema, estabelecido por meio de resolução do CEPESCA, em que ficarão proibidas todas as modalidades de pesca em rios do Estado de Mato Grosso.
Our translation: §1 During the period in the caput (5 years from 1 Jan 2024), catch-and-release fishing and artisanal professional fishing are allowed, subject to specific conditions, except during the piracema closed season set by CEPESCA resolution, when all fishing modalities are prohibited in Mato Grosso rivers.
Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de Mato GrossoArt. 19-C A partir de 1º de janeiro de 2024, somente será permitida a pesca amadora na modalidade “pesque e solte”, sendo proibido o abate e transporte pelo período definido pelo art. 19-A desta Lei.
Our translation: Art. 19-C From 1 January 2024 amateur fishing is allowed only as catch-and-release; killing and transport are prohibited for the period set by art. 19-A.
Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de Mato Grosso
Período de defeso da Piracema será entre 1º de outubro de 2026 e 31 de janeiro de 2027 em MT (24 Apr 2026)
Governo de Mato Grosso (Secom-MT, text by Sema-MT) · 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 Cuiabá
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 Cuiabá at Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Photo: Mateus Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Rio Cuiabá
The Rio Cuiabá is a freestone river in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Brazil's Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) runs a telemetry station on it at Barão de Melgaço. This page covers the river from Cuiabá down through Barão de Melgaço into the northern Pantanal.
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 Rio Cuiabá
Restrooms near Rio Cuiabá
Restrooms within 2 miles of Rio Cuiabá 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 Rio Cuiabá (4)
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- Rio AraguaiaGoiás · Freestone river · about 542 km
- Rio NegroAmazonas · Freestone river · about 1857 km
- Rio BrancoRoraima · Freestone river · about 2082 km
Regulations and official lists
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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 Cuiabá
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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.
Species
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The species the agency lists for the Paraguai basin in Mato Grosso, which takes in this water; presence varies by reach and season.
ANEXO I BACIA DO PARAGUAI (Redação dada pela Lei nº 9895, D.O. de 07/03/2013) Nome Científico Pinirampus pirinampu Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum Schizodon borellii Prochilodus lineatus Salminus brasiliensis Zungaro zungaro Sorubim lima Hemisorubim plathyrhynchos Piaractus mesopotamicus Mylossoma paraguayensis Leporinus ssp. Leporinus macrocephalus Pseudoplatystoma corruscans Brycon hilarii
Our translation: Annex I, Paraguai basin (capture size limits), scientific names: Pinirampus pirinampu, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, Schizodon borellii, Prochilodus lineatus, Salminus brasiliensis, Zungaro zungaro, Sorubim lima, Hemisorubim platyrhynchos, Piaractus mesopotamicus, Mylossoma paraguayensis, Leporinus spp., Leporinus macrocephalus, Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, Brycon hilarii.
Listed as: Salminus brasiliensis, Piaractus mesopotamicus, Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, Brycon hilarii, Zungaro zungaro.
Listed by the agency for the Paraguai basin in Mato Grosso
- Golden dorado
- Pacu
- Pintado
- Cachara
- Piraputanga
- Jaú
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
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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 Cuiabá.
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 gauge BARÃO DE MELGAÇO. Water type is our own classification.
- SNIRH ArcGIS: Estacoes_Hidrotelemetria (Codigo=66280000)Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) · checked 2026-10-20
- Lei nº 9.096, de 16 de janeiro de 2009 (texto compilado até 01/03/2024): Política da Pesca no Estado de Mato GrossoAssembleia Legislativa do Estado de Mato Grosso · checked 2026-11-04
- Período de defeso da Piracema será entre 1º de outubro de 2026 e 31 de janeiro de 2027 em MT (24 Apr 2026)Governo de Mato Grosso (Secom-MT, text by Sema-MT) · checked 2026-11-04
- Overture Maps places (guide map points)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0 · checked 2026-09-30