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Amazon, Rio Negro, Peacock Bass fishing trips - Brazil
Rio Negro River Fishing
Gassmann's 28lb Peacock
Fishing for World Record Peacock Bass while staying on the most luxurious yacht in Brazil’s Amazon!
While fishing the second week of February, 2010 with Captain Peacock Expeditions on the upper Rio Negro, Bill Gassmann of Des Moines, Iowa caught a huge 28 lb Peacock Bass that is expected to break the long standing IGFA 27 lb All Tackle World Record caught by Doc Lawson in 1994. Gassmann's 28 lb. fish was 37" long with a girth of 25".
Captain Peacock Expeditions offers the finest combination of luxury mobile accommodations, excellent food on the 95 foot Captain Logan mother boat and experienced guides utilizing first class equipment while experiencing the world record class Peacock Bass fishing Brazil's Amazon has to offer. If luxurious accommodations & food, a high level of personal service and world record Peacock Bass fishing is what you are looking for, this is the trip for you!
 The Fishing: Doc Lawson’s long standing 27 lb world record Peacock Bass was caught in 1994 on the Rio Negro river system just a couple of years after sport fishing for this hard fighting fish became available in the early 1990’s. Although 25 & 26 lb fish have not been unusual in this fishery over the last 16 years, many people believed that with the increased fishing pressure the popularity this fishery of Brazil’s Amazon black water Rio Negro and its tributaries has generated, that Doc’s 27 lb record would never be broken. The government of the state of Amazonia had worked hard during the last decade to maintain the quality of the fishery by reducing the impact of commercial fishing and promoting “catch & release” sport fishing. When Bill hooked the huge male speckled Peacock, fishing with a Luhr Jensen Woodchopper top water lure, he made believers of the skeptics.
Fishing 2 anglers per 17 foot carpeted aluminum bass boats, with the experienced guides of the Captain Logan mother boat, anglers can expect to catch 30 – 50 Peacocks a day per boat in the 6 – 19 lb class as well as having an opportunity at the 20 lb trophy Peacocks. The Peacock Bass are famous for their ability to snap 50 lb braided Kevlar line, not only to straighten heavy duty 4/0 treble hook but the ability to tear the hooks completely out of the heavy duty top water and subsurface hooks used to catch these fish. Peacocks are known for their vicious, heart stopping top water strikes that you will never forget. The first seconds after a Peacock smashes your lure, you are quite often wondering exactly who is catching who! Peacocks will aggressively hit top water lures, jerk baits, jigs and spoons and are normally caught on heavy duty bait casting equipment.
Peacock Bass are the fly fisherman's new frontier as they will readily hit big poppers, Dahlberg Divers, Deceivers & Clouser patterns. Fly rods in the 9 or 10 wt class and 50 lb leaders are a necessity! Bring 2 fly rods with you, as Peacocks have the ability to turn 2 piece rods into 4 or 5 piece rods in short order. In addition to the 3 species of Peacocks, anglers have an opportunity to catch several species of Piranha, Aruana (a prehistoric fish that will spend as much time out of the water as in it once you sink a hook into them), Traira (looking like a mullet with a mouth full of triangle teeth that look like they came out of meat grinder), Bicuda that look like a freshwater barracuda, and several species of catfish weighing upwards of 200 lbs!
 Accommodations: The Captain Logan is a 95 foot long, 20 foot wide all aluminum air conditioned yacht with advanced navigation plus satellite television, internet and phone communications systems. It has 6 double occupancy cabins with bunk beds featuring private baths & hot water, on board home theater, daily laundry service, beautiful dining rooms, and a cocktail salon featuring an open bar with premium beverage service including beer, wine and liquor. All rooms on the yacht enjoy 6.5 – 7 foot ceilings making the Captain Logan one of the most luxurious, comfortable & safe mother boats operating in the Amazon. American educated Brazilian national Leonardo Leao, co-owner of Captain Peacock Expeditions, is your host on the Captain Logan.
Amazon Peacock Bass Fishing
 Trip Itinerary: Trips normally depart the US on Fridays and return to the US on Sundays. The itinerary below is projected and subject to change as it is dependent on air carrier schedules.
Day 1 Fly from your home to Manaus, Brazil
Day 2 Arrive in Manaus and take charter flight to Captain Logan, fishing that afternoon.
Day 3-8 Six full days of fishing
Day 9 Charter flight from Captain Logan to Manaus where you will be transferred to the Tropical Hotel where you will have rooms for the night. Day on the town.
Day 10 Departure from Manaus to your home.
Available Dates: We offer fishing trips from late September through late March each year. Contact our office for current available dates.
Trip Pricing 2011-2012 Season: $5,250.00/person for 8 days-8 nights in Brazil featuring 6 ½ days of fishing and based upon double occupancy.
Trip Price Includes:
 Necessary air charters and ground transportation in Brazil
VIP lounge and airport assistance Manaus
Lodging at our private resort in Manaus (double occupancy)
Air conditioned stateroom on Captain Logan (double occupancy)
All meals, drinks, beer, wine and liquor on Captain Logan
Daily laundry service on Captain Logan
Bait casting equipment
Guides and fishing boats (2x1)
Brazilian fishing license
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