Fishing near Palhoça, Santa Catarina

Palhoça sits in the coastal lowlands of Santa Catarina, flanked by rivers, estuaries, and the Atlantic shore. The area draws anglers to waters like Rio Cubatão and Rio Forquilhas close to the city, while the beaches of Guarda do Embaú and Pinheira give access to surf and inshore fishing. Boat-based fishing out of the greater Florianópolis region targets species such as snook, bluefish, pompano, amberjack, mahi-mahi, and snapper in nearshore and offshore Atlantic waters.

Top waters to fish near Palhoça

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Acoupa Weakfish

Cynoscion acoupa

Barred Grunt

Conodon nobilis

Black Drum

Pogonias courbina

Black Grouper

Mycteroperca bonaci

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

Common Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

Dusky Grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Fat Snook

Centropomus parallelus

Smooth Weakfish

Cynoscion leiarchus

Southern Kingcroaker

Menticirrhus americanus

Whitemouth Croaker

Micropogonias furnieri

White Mullet

Mugil curema

Tarango

Hoplias malabaricus

Lebranche Mullet

Mugil liza

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