Peacock bass in Brazil?

[257wby]

Dad and I have been talking about maybe going down to the amazon on a peacock bass fish. Have any of you guys gone? It looks like an amazing fish! Let me know if you guys have any experience/opinions.

 

[Danny]

Watch out for the piranha!!! They look like sunfish.

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[257wby]

Those are vicious little guys! Have you been down there?

 

[Danny]

No sir, I haven't. Had a buddy go one time. Had a blast, except the piranha kept hitting their bait while they were trying to catch the peacocks. He said you had to be very careful when taking them off the hook. lol

 

[Stingray]

He said you had to be very careful when taking them off the hook. lol

I'll bet!

-S

 

[dennishoddy]

Company I used to work for sent me to Venezuela for a couple of weeks several years ago. They took me on a peacock bass fishing trip. The fishing was awesome, the tension of having to pay bribes to military groups to get to the fishing areas, was not worth it. I don't like looking down the barrels of locked and loaded auto's.
I saw a fishing show awhile back where they were catching peacock bass in the intercoastal canals of florida. Not real big, but better than the above.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

If I didn't have to leave the country I would be all over it. I actually use topwater lures made for peacock bass when fishing for big hybrids. Biggest hybrid for me so far is 15 pounds. The big hybrids and peacock bass striking a topwater is really similar, but peacock bass are often closer to 20 pounds.