Mid-Week Fishing Report: Jan. 05 – 07, 2019 (2 ½ days)
STARTING 2019 WITH TIGHT LINES
Week end´s tally (2 ½ days):
Note: this 2 1/2 days report is to rush last weekend’s conditions to our incoming anglers.
Kabori fishery in Dry-Zone N. East -: The Lange group of 8 anglers arrived on Saturday landing 791 peacock bass in just 2 1/2 days. Largest peacock bass weighed 16lbs. and best performing lures are propellers and top water lures. Last week the Saulsbury group left the 18lbs benchmark. Water levels ar a thad below the ideal mark and dropping.
Itapará river in Dry-Zone N. East – : Received the Scherzer group which started the week landing 473 peacock bass largest of which was 16lbs. Last week´s benchmark by the Kehoe group was 1711 landed peacock bass. Water levels are a bit above the ideal and dropping, weather forecast supports the tendency.
Upper Jufaris in Dry-Zone N.East – : Our single occuppancy suites received last week the Miller group on Jan 02, and they enjoyed a great week with several trophies above the 17lbs mark. Fishing conditions are excellent and forecast for the coming days is good.
Today´s Average Water Levels:
in Dry-Zone N. East
Guess work
Water levels stabilized and slightly dropping in our fisheries in the Dry-Zone N.East. The Kabori and Upper Jufaris are a bit below the perfect level and the Itapará is a bit above it, levels are dropping. All fisheries are expected to maintain good fishing conditions in the coming weeks.
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The quarterly rainfall for Jan, Feb, Mar shows that we should not expect any significant rain episodes, on the contrary levels will be below the normal historical levels. A mild El Niño impact is expected on this regard.
Water level measurements starting fresh this month for 2019 are within the historical parameters (see below)
Note: red line are 2019 water levels, the light blue strip is the 15 to 85% probability, the dotted line is the median and the yellow line is the historic minimum.