Fishing near Puerto Montt, Los Lagos

Puerto Montt sits at the northern edge of Chilean Patagonia in the Los Lagos region, where the Andes meet a maze of fjords, lakes, and glacier-fed rivers. The area is a hub for fly fishing the surrounding Lakes District, with Lago Llanquihue and rivers like the Río Maullín, Río Petrohué, Río Cochamó, and Río Puelo all within reach. Brown trout, rainbow trout, and Chinook salmon draw anglers from around the world, and the city itself serves as the main gateway and overnight base for fishing deeper into Patagonia.

Top waters to fish near Puerto Montt

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Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Cauque de maule

Odontesthes mauleanum

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Chilean Silverside

Odontesthes regia

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Palm Ruff

Seriolella violacea

Patagonian Redfish

Sebastes oculatus

Pink Cusk-eel

Genypterus blacodes

Red Cusk-eel

Genypterus chilensis

Snoek

Thyrsites atun

Southern Hake

Merluccius australis

Sea Trout

Salmo trutta

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