We're still on top of the fish!!!
October 20, 2025
Buenos Aires
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Golden Dorado
Trip Summary
Trip Summary
Today we spent half a day fishing. We had a strong north-northwesterly wind, which made fishing in the open river very difficult. For this reason, we fished at the mouths of small streams along the Rio de la Plata. We used 9/0 hooks with 10-gram sinkers on an 80-pound steel leader.
For bait, we used small yellow catfish we caught locally and small "sábalos" we caught with a cast net before setting out.
When small golden dorados were biting, we used only pieces of bait. For larger ones, we used live fish with a leader looped over their backs.
The river was ebbing all day, much more than usual due to the wind direction.
We had many strikes from golden dorados and piranhas of various sizes.
We managed to land a few.
Around 3 p.m., we began our return to port, with the river much calmer than the one we had experienced during the outbound voyage.
As always, if you have any questions, please let me know so I can respond promptly.
Thank you very much, and keep the lines taut!
Captain Mauricio