River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil

Type

Tent Camp

Fishing Style

Drift Boat

Season

Dry Zone 1-4

Rate

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River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil
River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil
River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil
River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil
River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil
River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil
River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil
River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil

River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil

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River Plate opened Brazil’s Peacock Bass fishing to the public in 1992 and has been providing the finest Peacock Bass fishing trips available since then. As late as 2000 there were fewer than a handful of operators offering trips for this hard fighting member of the “African Cichlid family of fish. Since then the interest in Peacock Bass fishing has exploded and today there are several fixed lodges operating on the upper Rio Negro watershed and upwards of 30 mother boats handling 24 fishermen or more per day, each plying the Rio Negro out of Barcelos, the hub of the modern day Peacock Bass fishing industry. As these mother boats draw 4 - 8 feet of water, they are relegated primarily to the main Rio Negro Channels within 100 mile radius of Barcelos. This means there can be as many as 100 - 150 bass boats on these waters in a given day during the fishing season. Some of these operators have tried to compensate for the limited mobility of their mother boats by equipping their guides with heavy, large high powered bass boats which allow them to run 30 - 60 minutes from the mother boats to reach their prime fishing areas. This limits fishing time plus the ability to get into select backwater lakes and lagoons.

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Species at River Plate -Emu Outfitters, Brazil

Peacock Bass
Peacock Bass
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Arawana
Arawana
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Wolf Fish
Wolf Fish
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Peacock Bass fishing is fast becoming the top item on the fly fishing junky’s bucket list. Although fishing for this hard fighting fish is usually associated with big top water lures, heavy bait casting rods and reels loaded with 80 lb test braided Kevlar line, Peacocks are the perfect target for the fly fishermen as well. Aggressive, hard fighting and always willing to do battle make for a fly fisherman’s dream fish.

Finesse in the presentation of bait is key to an angler’s success and no other type of fishing can offer the lifelike presentation a fly fisherman can. The Peacock Bass exhibits power usually found in few salt water fish and has the ability to turn itself “inside out” when you have its head coming your direction to make another powerful run. As members of the predatory African Cichlid family of fish, these fish are structure oriented and once stuck with the hook, they are hell bent to get back into cover. The fisherman’s first priority in the first few seconds of the fight is to hang on and then to get the fish into open water where the Peacock has nothing to hang up on and break off. Braided or furloughed leaders in the 25 – 40 lb class are the order of the day along with 9 & 10 wt rods and fly reels with smooth, strong drags. The majority of Peacock you will catch on the fly rod will be in the 2 – 8 lb class, but don’t let your guard down as fish in the high teens and 20 lb class are not unusual. Fly fishing great Lefty Kreh has stated that Peacock Bass were one of the greatest game fish he had ever enjoyed fishing for! The majority of the rivers you will fish in Brazil’s Amazon watershed will be heavily tannin stained & thus most of your fishing will be blind casting to structure and points. A few of the tributaries will be gin colored which allow sight fishing, but these will be the exception rather than the rule while fishing in Brazil’s Amazon.

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