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Rio Paraguai

Type
Freestone river, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Season
Feb–Sep
Where the season comes from

IN Ibama n° 201/2008 Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraguai (MS e divisa MS/MT) Todas as espécies - 05/nov 28/fev segundo dia útil após o inicio do defeso IN MAPA/MMA n° 10/2017 e Resolução CEPESCA-MT n° 003/2024 Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraguai (MT) 01/out 31/jan

Our translation: IN Ibama 201/2008: Paraguai river basin (MS and the MS/MT border), all species, closed 5 Nov - 28 Feb. IN MAPA/MMA 10/2017 and CEPESCA-MT Resolution 003/2024: Paraguai river basin (MT), closed 1 Oct - 31 Jan.

Set for this water by name. Mato Grosso reach. In Mato Grosso do Sul (Ladário) the closed season is 5 Nov to 28 Feb. The page gives the close season; the months shown are the rest of the year.

Exceptions on the page:

  • IN Ibama n° 201/2008 Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraguai (MS e divisa MS/MT) Todas as espécies - 05/nov 28/fev
    Our translation: Paraguai basin in Mato Grosso do Sul and on the MS/MT border: all species closed 5 Nov - 28 Feb (covers the Ladário, MS reach).

Defesos continentais (atualizado 27/11/2025)
IBAMA · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
None listed
Listed by
2 authoritative lists
Guides
3 name it
Shops
None listed

Today on Rio Paraguai

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

The Rio Paraguai winding through green wetland past a road bridge at Cáceres
Photo credit

The Rio Paraguai at Cáceres, Mato Grosso, from the air. Photo: Flavio Andre, MTur Destinos, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Rio Paraguai

The Rio Paraguai is a freestone river in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Brazil's Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) runs a telemetry station on it at Cáceres (DNPVN). Mato Grosso do Sul's environment institute, IMASUL, names it on its Pantanal fishing rules page. This page covers the upper Paraguai through the Pantanal, from Cáceres to Corumbá and Porto Murtinho. Also called Rio Paraguay.

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 Paraguai

Restrooms near Rio Paraguai

Restrooms within 2 miles of Rio Paraguai 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 BrancoRoraima · Freestone river · about 2025 km

Sources Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the gauge CÁCERES (DNPVN).

We hold no access map for Mato Grosso 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

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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 Paraguai

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

3 guides name it on their website

Guides

All Mato Grosso guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Mato Grosso 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 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.

Big trout rivers (wade fishing)

9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish

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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

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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 Paraguai.

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 5 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 CÁCERES (DNPVN). Water type is our own classification.