VENEZUELA & COLOMBIA RIVERS FISHING MAP

Fishing Hot Spots

Giant peacock bass in black-water rivers, payara in the Orinoco rapids, big catfish and Andean trout: Guri and the Orinoco in Venezuela, and the Inírida, Vaupés, Amazon and Lago de Tota in Colombia. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.

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Parks & rules

Data rule: Lake stars are the OpenStreetMap center of the named lake, and the river stars are OpenStreetMap town positions; these are general positions, not pinpoints, and each star says so. Docks and ramps come from OpenStreetMap; very few are mapped here. 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:

📘 Venezuela & Colombia Rivers

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Fishing Hot Spots by area

Rivers and lakes. Tap one to fly to it on the map.

Peacock bass country

The black-water rivers of the Orinoco basin, like the Inírida, the Atabapo and the Ventuari, are home to the biggest speckled peacock bass in the world, and Guri Reservoir in Venezuela is full of them. Payara, the "vampire fish", hits hard in the Orinoco rapids at Puerto Ayacucho and Puerto Carreño.

Down in the Amazon at Leticia, there are big catfish and protected arapaima, and high in the Andes, Lago de Tota has rainbow trout.

Rules: Colombia and Venezuela each require a sport-fishing permit, many rivers run through indigenous lands, and most peacock-bass trips are catch-and-release with a licensed outfitter. Check the travel advice before you go.

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What BigJoe would bring to fish these waters.

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Map sources & checks

Coverage
Venezuela & Colombia 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 Mapped features come from public datasets and can be incomplete or out of date: a missing reef, ramp or wreck does not mean it is not there.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).
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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