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Río Puelo
- Type
- Freestone river, Los Lagos, Chile
- Season
- Nov–May
Where the season comes from
Se autoriza para la cuenca del río Puelo y el río Rahue, incluyendo los ríos y arroyos afluentes y efluentes durante las temporadas 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028 y 2028-2029, la actividad estará permitida desde el segundo viernes de noviembre hasta el 31 de mayo, inclusive.
Our translation: For the Puelo river basin and the Rahue river, including tributary and outflowing rivers and streams, during the 2025-2026 to 2028-2029 seasons, fishing is allowed from the second Friday of November to 31 May inclusive.
Set for this water by name.
Exceptions on the page:
con devolución obligatoria de todas las especies capturadas, entre el primer viernes septiembre y el segundo jueves del mes de noviembre, ambas fechas inclusive, para los años 2025, 2026, 2027 y 2028
Our translation: (on the Puelo lower, middle and upper sector, among other waters) with mandatory release of all species caught, between the first Friday of September and the second Thursday of November, both dates inclusive, for 2025-2028.
Diario Oficial CVE 2694125: extracto Res. Ex. N° 2.075/2025, Dirección Zonal de Pesca Los Lagos
Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura, Dirección Zonal Los Lagos (Diario Oficial de la República de Chile) · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there. - Live gauges
- None listed
- Listed by
- 1 authoritative list
- Guides
- None listed
- Shops
- 1 nearby
Today on Río Puelo
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 Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Río Puelo
The Río Puelo is a freestone river in Los Lagos, Chile. Chile's Dirección General de Aguas (DGA) runs a telemetered gauge on it, station Rio Puelo en Carrera Basilio. This page covers the Chilean Puelo, from the Argentine border to the Reloncaví estuary at Cochamó.
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 Puelo
Restrooms near Río Puelo
Restrooms within 2 miles of Río Puelo 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 Puelo (6)
- Río PetrohuéLos Lagos · Freestone river · about 41 km
- Lago Todos los SantosLos Lagos · Lake or reservoir · about 53 km
- Lago LlanquihueLos Lagos · Lake or reservoir · about 71 km
- Río MaullínLos Lagos · Freestone river · about 85 km
- Lago RupancoLos Lagos · Lake or reservoir · about 89 km
- Río RahueLos Lagos · Freestone river · about 123 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 Puelo
About this
Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Guides
No guide within 60 km yet.
1 shop nearby
Species
About this
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
c) Solo se permitirá la captura y retención de un ejemplar de Salmón salar, Salmón Coho y/o Salmón Chinook, por pescador, por día de pesca.
Our translation: c) Only one Atlantic salmon, Coho salmon and/or Chinook salmon may be caught and kept per angler per fishing day.
Listed as: Salmón salar, Salmón Coho, Salmón Chinook.
Listed by the agency
- Atlantic salmon
- Coho salmon
- 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 Puelo? 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
Fly-fishing only
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.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Clearwater RiverPhoto credit
The Snake River near Oxbow, Oregon, with Oxbow Dam in the far background. Photo: Adumbvoget, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clearwater 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.
Steelhead & salmon
11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon
Open the checklistVideos 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 Puelo.
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 RIO PUELO EN CARRERA BASILIO. Water type is our own classification.
- DGA SAT: Visualización de Información de estacionesDirección General de Aguas · checked 2026-10-20
- Res. Ex. N° 02075/2025: medidas de administración especies ícticas de importancia recreativa, Región de Los Lagos (texto completo)Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura, Dirección Zonal de Pesca Región de Los Lagos · checked 2026-11-04
- Diario Oficial CVE 2694125: extracto Res. Ex. N° 2.075/2025, Dirección Zonal de Pesca Los LagosSubsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura, Dirección Zonal Los Lagos (Diario Oficial de la República de Chile) · checked 2026-11-04
- Overture Maps places (guide map points)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0 · checked 2026-09-30