Fishing near Sena Madureira, Acre

Sena Madureira sits on the banks of the Rio Iaco, a tributary of the Purus, in the western Amazonian state of Acre. The city is the gateway to muddy-water fishing across a network of river channels, várzea lakes, and smaller igarapés. The Rio Iaco and the broader Purus basin are the main draws, with catfish holding in deep channel pools and scaled fish moving through floodplain lakes during the dry season.