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The Portela Series - Rio Negro, Uruguay |
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Wing-shooting's New Frontier in Rocha, Uruguay |
For decades sportsmen and women from around the world have flooded the country of Argentina in search of wild game, sporting adventure, and exceptional hunting experiences. The southern countries of South America offer sporting opportunities abound, from the high-volume doves in Cordoba, to the famed Goose shoots in Bahia Blanca, to Red Stage up in Patagonia, and down after the sea run brown trout in Tierra Del Fuego……this sportsmen’s paradise was founded in the southern country of Argentina.
The southern countries of South America are among the fortunate few to experience the greatest volume of the southern hemispheres wintering waterfowl migration. Each year Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are the first to welcome the unique variety of migrating ducks throughout South America. As the winter fronts begin, the large majority of early migrating species funnel the center of South America using both the Parana River and the Uruguay River as their guide north. As they push up the river delta, they are sandwiched by the agriculture provinces of both Argentina and Uruguay.
Nicknamed the “river tiger” by local fisherman, the Golden Dorado is respected as the most ferocious freshwater game species of South America. Known for its knock out strikes, violent runs, and overall aggression, you’ll know when you hook one, and you’ll never forget your first big, mean, Golden Dorado because he’ll come with bad intentions and a scowl on his face, angry as hell that you even thought for a second your bait could swim in his water, and he’ll turn and hammer your top-water plug out of principle, the way a snapping turtle would chomp a stick if you stuck it in his face and then give you a look like, “Dude, I’ll take your finger if you don’t back off.” It doesn’t matter the size of your top-water plug or if you were even working it correctly, that Dorado is pissed, and now he is going to take your entire spool of line just to let you know, in fact, he is going to run up current just to prove his point, strip your real bare, and then, once the real is busted and rendered useless for the rest of the day, he will jumped three feet in the air, toss that top-water plug in your face, and show you his teeth before he dives back into his river. Yea, you’ll know the first time you hang a big, mean, Golden Dorado and you’ll remember it for a long time.