Peacock Bass Eco Lodge

High catches of Peacock Bass are often taken in this area as there is only local fishing by the river folk and no commercial fishing.
 
Many trophy-sized monsters are regularly caught each week by these riverfolk. We will be constantly on the move during the day, searching for different and varied fishing areas during the week.
 
We are also planning to build a temporary camp in the upper reaches of the river to explore the exciting fishing, where no one has ever been rod and line before, way up in the beyond! We will sleep in hammocks under the stars.
 
There are no or few biting insects on this beautiful blackwater river. The upper reaches of this unspoilt river has many streams and tributaries, with hidden lagoons and oxbow lakes, the favourite haunts of the mighty Peacock Bass.
 
We will fish the numerous lagoons (some often land-locked and hidden), smaller rivers and streams and also the main river system.
 
In particular, the Speckled Peacock is a fish of such tremendous strength and character, that it will literally give you the fight of your life. Pound for pound, no other freshwater fish is known to fight harder or faster. Even a 10lb Peacock Bass will feel like a 20-pounder with its blistering runs and acrobatic leaps and jumps. Their ferocity can be seen and heard often when crashing at baitfish on the surface.
 
Many species of Catfish can be caught in the same watersheds as Peacock Bass. We always advise our clients to bring at least one heavy outfit for this – a great way to unwind over a cold beer or soft drink in the shade.
 
There is nothing else in the world like waking up with an Amazonian sunrise to the sights and sounds of a multitude of birds and parrots, insects and other animals, deep under the forest canopy.
 
A cool-box with your choice of drinks and filled with ice will be taken along each day while fishing on our 16-foot boats, each with electric trolling. Two anglers per boat will be taken fishing by an experienced and local native guide.

Peacock Bass anglers will tell you that once you have a big Peacock Bass attack your surface lure, you’ll be hooked for life!
 
There is nothing more exciting for an angler than seeing that big fish ‘explode’ on your Woodchopper lure, Spook or other surface bait. The strike is nothing less than awe-inspiring. It is loud, aggressive, fast, furious and shocking all in one.
 
Peacock Bass like to stay close to structure in the main, although spawning fish are often seen with their young, dimpling the flat, mirror-glass surface of a quiet lagoon. Anything passing in its territory is enemy No1 and they will attack it with a ferocity like no other fish. If they don’t want to eat it, they want to kill it and that is NO exaggeration. Baits have to be worked fast here in the Amazon. Nothing slow swims in the Amazon and stays alive for long.
 
In the rainy season, the waters rise incredibly. A river that is only 50-100m wide within its banks in the dry season, may be 20 or more kilometres wide in the rainy season, spread way out into the flooded ‘varzea’. Fishing during that time is like finding a needle in a haystack as the predators have followed the baitfish far back into the jungle. Being so mobile, we are able to fish any river in the right conditions. Once the rains stop and the levels recede back out of the jungle and to below the river banks, this is prime time to catch this magnificent adversary.
 
The main structures that Peacock Bass love to inhabit are entrances to lagoons, points of beaches and trees, shoulders between a bank and an island, blow-downs and lay-downs, stands of trees and individual trees, sandy beach troughs made by the current, rocks etc.
Best surface baits to use are Woodchoppers and other propbaits, walk-the-dog style lures like Spooks and other cigar-shaped baits and Poppers.
 
Best sub-surface lures are lead-head jigs, minnow-style baits like Rapala X Raps, Yozuri Crystal Minnows, Cotton Cordell Redfins or similar. Jigs can catch you over 150 fish a day, although many will be smaller than when using the larger baits.
 
Fly fishing is a great way to fish in the right conditions, off sandy beaches, in lagoons and in the many river systems. You can catch over 200 Peacocks a day with large, flashy streamer flies.

Our Peacock Bass Eco-Lodge Amazon rainforest fishing adventures for season 2011/2012 (based on double occupancy) cover 11 days with 5 travel days, eight nights and 6 days’ fishing.
 
Included in our ECO-LODGE package are airport transfers, one night on arrival in hotel room in Manaus (based on double occupancy), all transport to and from the lodge, fishing licenses, all accommodation, all meals, *drinks, laundry service etc.
 
Not included in our package are international airfaires into Brazil and National airfares to Manaus, Brazil; meals away from the lodge, tips to hotel porters, lodge staff and guides; costs associated with passports and visas (Citizens of the EEC do NOT need visas for Brazil); costs associated with medical advice and medications for your trip; hotel stays (if necessary after day 9) elsewhere; insurance.

$2,900 / £1,780 / €2,020 Per angler
based on two anglers

A 50% deposit is required to reserve places when booking. The remaining payment is due 90 days before actual trip starts.

* Prices are stated as a guide and may be subject to currency and seasonal variations. Please enquire for exact prices for the dates you are interested in.

** Flights to Brazil and onto Manaus are not included, but we can help you arrange them.

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