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Peacock Bass In Amazon, Brazil

Adventure # 122

Peacock Bass 

Peacock Bass Fishing Aboard The Most Luxurious Vessel in Brazil's Amazon - Six and one half days of exciting fishing . Peacock bass fishing is the greatest adventure a fresh water angler can ever experience. Whether peacock bass fishing with conventional or fly tackle you will hooked! 

For the experience of a lifetime, board The Santana I, for an exotic Peacock Bass fishing trip. This 100 foot live-aboard yacht, the most modern serving the fishing/ eco tourism industry in the Amazon, has six double suites and two double Master Suites each with its own bath, and provides up to sixteen fishermen with a level of service and amenities normally associated only with luxury hotels. Aboard the yacht you don't have to forsake your comfort to experience the legendary explosive strikes and tackle busting power of the Amazon's native Peacock Bass. 

The Santana I, designed and built in the Amazons, is ideally suited as a home base for exploring and fishing in the Amazon region. With a draft over a meter shallower than most of the other fishing/ eco tourism hotel boats serving the area, it can travel in areas that others can't get to during the low water (prime fishing time). Amenities include zone air conditioning in all rooms and cabins, washer and dryer, sauna, three separate Jacuzzi baths, room to room telephones, satellite telephone, fax and Internet hookups, in cabin stereo, two master suites that are unbelievable. An entertainment room equipped with satellite TV, stereo, DVD, VCR, e-mail and Internet. Electronics include two types of communications radios (VHF & SSB), the most modern Lawrence X-15 mapping and GPS system, radar, sonar. The entire ship is appointed in handcrafted mahogany. The Santana I is a safe, comfortable, convenient and beautiful home base for your eco tourism or fishing vacation experience of a lifetime. The beautiful and spacious dining room, upper deck main salon and aft deck open air bar are favorite gathering places for guests after a day of fishing or exploring the Amazon Rainforest.

Not only is the Santana I the perfect home base for your rainforest experience, but our Amazon Castaway staff will provide unparalleled service and will strive to make your vacation an enjoyable and memorable one.

• There wonderful onboard tour coordinator, will help you plan your day's fishing or exploring, act as a translator, give fishing tips/instructions, serve as host and "cruise director", and otherwise try his level best to ensure your trip is a safe, successful and unforgettable one.
• The Captain and marine crew, all of whom have several years experience aboard this vessel in the Amazon region, will safely navigate your "home away from home" to the best fishing grounds available regardless of the time of year, often covering several hundred miles in search of optimal fishing during your week's stay aboard. You may even visit the Captain on the bridge while the boat is underway and take a turn at the wheel if you like (closely supervised, of course).
• Yes, I know, what is most important is the fishing and they have signed new contracts with whom they believe to be the eight best Peacock Bass guides in the Amazon! The native guide staff led by "Popcorn" will amaze you with their abilities and service on a daily basis. These guys not only know how to find fish, but will do whatever it takes to make your experience as comfortable and effortless as possible. Along with Popcorn they have resigned his brother Alemon (Alamo), and back this year will be Popcorns other brother Adjimilson who was dearly missed as well as Careca, Arnoldo and Wilson will be with as well.
• They will rig your gear, net your fish, help you handle it for photos, release your fish safely, untangle "bird's nests" in your reel, climb trees to retrieve snagged lures, and even dive in the water to retrieve your fish, a plug or dropped piece of gear! Their knowledge of the region is unmatched, many having begun to learn the rivers and lagoons paddling dug out canoes soon after they could walk. For the people who live on its banks, the river is life and the guides have an intimate knowledge and relationship with it.

This hand picked team is second to none in the Amazon and they work together (more like a big family as several guests have noted, in fact three of our guides are brothers and two others are as well) to make every trip the best it can be. You will be stricken by their characteristically Brazilian friendliness and happy upbeat outlook on life and leave the yacht wanting to return for more, the sooner the better.

Castaway anglers will fish from new 2003 model Tracker bass boats powered by 4-stroke Honda motors. Designed for conventional and fly fishermen, they feature large clear decks with front and rear casting platforms. These 17-1/2 foot all welded aluminum hulls have a design that makes for a smooth ride and a stable fishing platform, as well as the durability to tackle the often dense jungle growth encountered getting to those "secret lagoons". Equipped with comfortable three-across seating and removable front and rear fishing chairs, the boats have many amenities to make your fishing safe, pleasant and comfortable. Storage lockers are many and well designed. Lawrence electronics, electric trolling motors and dual batteries. New for this year, VHF marine radios to contact the mother ship or to stay in touch with the other fishing boats to locate the hottest areas!

Each boat is supplied with life jackets, first aid kits, handheld spot lights, emergency flares, large capture nets, scales and basic tool kits for your convenience and safety. These boats also make excellent platforms for bird / animal watching, or photography, and their quiet motors allow you to get closer to wildlife without "spooking" them. Each day your guide will fill an ice chest with an assortment of beverages, fruits and snacks, sandwiches, so that you can fish all day without returning to the "mother ship", if you desire.

Peacock Bass Fishing Tops the List

Tucunaré (too-coon-a-ray), as Peacock Bass are locally known, is only one of a long list of species which you can catch in the Amazon Basin. The tucunaré is known as Brazil's freshwater ambassador, because it's fierce top water strikes and tackle busting power has attracted adventurous fishermen from all over the world. Reaching sizes over three feet long and upwards of 25 pounds, the beautiful Peacock Bass makes for a formidable adversary. They regularly break 30-lb mono and super braids of 80-lb and greater strength, in addition to destroying lures, straightening hooks and split rings, even breaking rods and exploding reels. Many consider it to be the ultimate fresh water sport fish. The tucunaré (Peacock Bass) is not really a bass, as the English name implies, but a cichlid. In the Amazon region, local scientists have identified a total of 14 different species of tucunaré. A more commonly known cichlid is the aquarium fish, Oscar, which like the Peacock is known for its aggressive behavior.

Amazon Catfish & Other Species

However, tucunaré are far from the only sport fish which you will be able to catch. The Amazon is home to over 2500 species of fish (some scientists say closer to 3000) many of which are not yet catalogued. About a third of these are Amazon Catfish, which merited the number one rating in In-Fisherman magazine's survey of the world's toughest freshwater sports fish. Amazon catfish include the giant Piraibas, beautiful Pirararas (Red Tailed Catfish), large migratory Jaús and top water lure striking Surabims (spotted, striped and tiger varieties).

In addition to catfish, you will have the opportunity to catch piranhas, a variety of other cichlids (peacock bass cousins), aruanas (another prehistoric hold out), traira (like walleye with teeth and an attitude), cachorras (Brazilian name for the fanged Payara) and many other species. Some anglers in the 2003/2004 season caught upwards of 15 different species in a single day of fishing. In order to increase the enjoyment and success of your dream fishing trip, we will provide you will a tackle list optimized for conquering the Peacock Bass and other Amazon exotics.

Trips are booked Wednesday to Thursday, so do not wait. There is no up charge for a single. Call now to make your reservations.

8 nights with 6 1/2 days fishing and one day in Manaus at the fabulous Tropical Hotel

$3995.00 USD

Package includes:

Airport transfers in Manaus
Accommodations on the Amazon Castaway Tours, Santana I
Meals and beverages on ship
Guided fishing for peacock bass (two anglers per boat)
Beer and soft drinks while fishing
Last night's accommodations in Manaus hotel (double occupancy)

NOT INCLUDED: 

Visa fees, meals in Manaus, airport departure tax, fishing tackle, tips, gifts or items of a personal nature and final night's meal and drinks at hotel before
departure.

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