Freshwater Fishing in Argentina - Short Tail Ray to 120 kilo plus Golden Dorado & other species

I suspect this is possibly one of the few catch report from Argentina! (From memory I've posted just two others previously from the tip of South America where our members were targeting the large sea-run Brown Trout, fish to over 20lbs in weight.)

Anyway one of our members, Marc Towers, is currently fishing rivers within the massive River Plate catchment; a sub tropical region (I understand it is the 6th largest system in the World.) Firstly fishing the Rio Parana he caught a range of exotic species - mainly Catfish and Piranha - but additionally what is a very rare Catfish species, the Manguruju. Marc's primary challenge though was a similarly rare Short Tailed River Ray and he larded two, one smallish and the other, a 260 pounder - 120 kilos. The BIG fish was taken in just two metres of water!

He then moved on, where he currently is, to fish to fish the fabled La Zona on the Rio Urugay targeting Golden Dorado. And he's already had a few, but no monsters ..... yet.

Some more images – a species of Striped Catfish and Pirahna – from Marc’s trip. Others, for those with access to Facebook , can be viewed here - https://www.facebook.com/#!/ma…73741832.509742319&type=1

Marc Towers has just reported on the results of his first day - of a four day charter - fishing downstream of the La Zona hydro-electric scheme on the Rio Uruguay.

Conditions were difficult with the fish not really 'switching on'. Marc did however break his duck with this fine specimen and lost a very big fish that broke him off a few minutes into the fight. As Marc observed 'that is what you get for fishing too 'light' here..!'

..... and now unfortunately the storms have arrive which might curtail Marc's fishing activities today. Anyway he's landed a number of Golden Dorado, but no monsters yet. However his most impressive capture yesterday was this bizarre looking Surubi Catfish.

Um ... and Marc's fears realized – a deluge equals floods, and all the flood gates on the dam were opened. Result? Fish with lockjaw! And unfortunately that was his last day at La Zona.

For those with access to Facebook there are other images Marc has posted to that Bella Vista album.