Pavon_Pro

I heared yesterday that it was still high around Barcelos. But I know people are catcing some big fish in the northern parts of the *****. As the water falls the bigger fish come out of the trees first. I went 3 weeks ago to rio Urubu just to fish a new river as most everthing was too high. Too close to the fish market in Manaus. Biggest was about 13lb. I will probably head back in November.

Good Luck on your Peacock Trip! Last I checked the cunini was still a little high but they were catching some good fish in the headwaters. I really like the Unini, a great river for 18-23lb fish unfortunatly its closed to fishing. The madiera water sheds are low and the operations are reporting 200+ per person per day but biggest are teeners around 15 to 17lbs. Venezuelas amazon region is closed to tourism, but the lake fishing is pretty decent. Lake Guri, Caruachi and La Coromoto are probably the hottest for big fish but numbers are low. I fished a tournament yesterday in La Coromoto and my fishing partner got big fish with 14.5lb 3-bar putting us in third place out of 76 boats. But the numbers were low. Panama also has Peacock Bass (cichlid monoculus) that are alot of fun to catch. Smaller and not as aggresive but still alot of fun to catch. Record is about 11lbs from Lake Gatun. I fished there weekend before last and caught a 8.8lb, 6.5lb and a 5.4lb. I tried trolling for Snook and Tarpon but do to the expanding of the Panama canal the water was muddy in the areas known to hold Tarpon and Snook. The peacock bass in Miami is cichlid oceolaris (butterfly) and the IGFA all tackle was around 12lbs, caught here in Venezuela and they are incredible fighters. I would through my guide in the water if he tried to shake one off. The other butterfly is cichlid orinocensis, record on it was about 14lbs caught in Venezuela and also a great fighter. But they both dont compare to the 3-bar, cichlid temensis found in Venezuela, Columbia and Brazil which gets alot bigger and tuggs twice as hard.IGFA record is 27lbs. I usually get fairly non biased info on water levels and conditions and would be happy to post here. Good luck!!!!!!!! Charles