A fishing boat waits for some action on a beach in Chile's Norte Chico region

With coastline, lakes and rivers aplenty, fishing opportunities abound in Chile.

The fishing in the picturesque Lake District is world-renowned and anglers seeking similar scenery and equally fish-rich waters but with a little less competition do well to venture further south of Puerto Montt.

The more remote nature of Aisén means a chance of solitude among spellbindingly lovely natural surroundings and visitors from all over the world have been known to up sticks permanently in order to move here to what can justifiably be considered a fishing paradise.