BOLIVIA & PERU LAKES & RIVERS FISHING MAP

Fishing Hot Spots

Trout on the highest big lake in the world, golden dorado where the rivers leave the Andes, and peacock bass, paiche and giant catfish in the Amazon: Bolivia and Peru. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.

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Parks & rules

Data rule: Stars are OpenStreetMap town positions on the lake or river; these are general positions, not pinpoints, and each star says so. Docks come from OpenStreetMap; very few are mapped here. Reserves come from the World Database on Protected Areas, shown in dashed red. Every star shows its source when you tap it. BigJoe does not invent coordinates. The exact sources used on this map are listed under Map sources & checks below.
Select a Fishing Hot Spot on the map or from the list below.
★ Fishing Hot SpotBoat rampMarinaWreckObstructionRock (yellow = awash)Coral / rock bottomCanyonWeather/tide stationNo-fishing zone (solid red)Protected area, fishing with rules (dashed red)

Safety: these are planning references. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts and proper safety equipment before heading out.

Lake guides for this map

Month-by-month patterns, fish, ramps and rules for each water:

📘 Bolivia & Peru Rivers

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Fishing Hot Spots by area

Lakes and rivers. Tap one to fly to it on the map.

From the Altiplano to the Amazon

Lake Titicaca sits at about 3,800 meters between Bolivia and Peru, with rainbow trout and pejerrey. Below the Andes, the Beni, Mamoré and Ichilo rivers in Bolivia have golden dorado, surubí and pacú, and the paiche (arapaima) has spread into the Bolivian Amazon from Peru.

In Peru, Iquitos and the Pacaya-Samiria reserve are peacock bass and paiche country, and the Madre de Dios at Puerto Maldonado has big catfish and pacú.

Rules: closed seasons and limits change by country, much of this water is inside reserves and indigenous territories, and you should fish with a local guide.

BigJoe’s gear for Bolivia & Peru Lakes & Rivers

What BigJoe would bring to fish these waters.

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Map sources & checks

Coverage
Bolivia & Peru Lakes & Rivers. Mapped features come from public datasets and can be incomplete or out of date: a missing reef, ramp or wreck does not mean it is not there.
Map data
Hot spots
9 hot spots, each with its own source (tap any star to see it): OpenStreetMap/Nominatim named place (general position, not a pinpoint) (9).
Protected areas
7 protected areas from the official list above, drawn in dashed red. Fishing rules inside them are set by the managing agency; check with them before you fish.
Chart layers (Charts button)
GEBCO ocean depth and OpenSeaMap buoys, lights and markers. GEBCO and OpenSeaMap are useful references, not official navigation charts.
Weather & tides
See Weather & Tides for this area: Open-Meteo weather and marine models. Tides here are estimated from a global sea-level model, not official tide tables.
Dates
This page last updated October 15, 2026. Each dataset keeps its own retrieval date, shown above.

⚠️ Planning reference only, not for navigation. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts, and proper safety gear before heading out.

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