La Zona 2021

To date, this is the largest dorado I have seen a photo of that was landed in La Zona.  This monster bottomed out the lodge's 60 lbs bogagrip.  It was weighed on a different scale pushing it to 68 lbs.  It was landed last year on Christmas Eve on a Rapala Super Shad Rap.  I have seen only one other photo of a dorado pushing the scale over 60 lbs which was also caught in the month of December.  However, the guides claim they have seen larger!  Recently, the governments of Argentina and Uruguay have approved an anti-poaching agreement on the Uruguay River which both governments will enforce.  So, with this great measure, I believe more dorado of this size will be landed.  Years ago a 40+ lbs dorado was considered the trophy of a lifetime.  A few years ago panic set in when the Argentina and Uruguay Governments placed a restriction zone from anybody fishing within 100 meters of the Salto Grande Dam.  Once informed of this restriction, I predicted on this blog that the size of the dorado will drastically increase as fisherman will now not concentrate their majority of time near the dam as there are too many dorado in the 30 lbs range for the true monster to grab your lure.  My prediction came true as now numerous dorado exceeding 50+ lbs are caught which is now the trophy measure. 

With the onset of the coronavirus numerous clients had to be rescheduled to 2021. This has made weeks available in 2021 in tight demand, so book now before all the top dates are filled and your left out in the cold.
As mentioned in previous posts, we are going to do an exploratory trip for surubi catfish elsewhere on the Uruguay River to determine if it is feasible to offer this fishing to clients which stand up to the high standards La Zona Lodge has.  The hope is to have clients extend their dorado trip a few days to catch a trophy surubi and/ or clients fishing at other Argentina Lodges such as Jurassic Lake to extend their trip.  Clients on the proposed surubi trip will stay in the La Zona Lodge hotel with the dorado clients and drive in from Buenos Aires with them, unless extending their current trip.  This will be at a much reduced rate compared to the high demand golden dorado fishing in the zone!  Stay tuned for an update later this fall.