Fishing Report: January 8th thru 29th, 2022

PARADISE ISLAND

4,607 Peacocks Landed!

All of our 46 anglers during January 2022 had excellent fishing at our private Omero & Mata-Mata lakes despite high waters almost everywhere. Over 300 peacocks were over 10 lbs.

Stats: From January 1^st thru the 29^th46 anglers caught in 6 ½ days 4,607 peacocks with 333 peacocks between 10 and 16 lbs.; 31 between 17 and 19 lbs.; and 3 between 20 and 22 lbs. (see the chart below) This tally excludes 12 large arapaimas, 23 large catfish, and a multifarious array of other tropical species such as the jacundá, apapá, cachorra, oscar, aruana, wolfish, pacú, bicúda, and pirañha.

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Ammo: Since these fisheries are now reaching their sustainable season’s capacity, the most effective lures for bait casters were buck tail jigs, and to a lesser degree, all types of the light colored 6-inch topwater lures. For fly fishermen poppers for smaller fish worked, but the larger fish were caught on long white and red bucktail streamers on sinking lines.

Guesswork:
Below we wish to inform our incoming anglers about the six River Train destinations, according to the expected water levels across our 10 Private Rivers.
South West Zone & South East Zone (scroll down to see map): Water levels are all high from Manaus down to 500 miles south as may be seen in the below design, which is normal at this time of the year.

As such, we have transferred all River Trains 300-400 miles North of Manaus to the North East Dry Zone were water levels and fishing have been very good on the Omero and Mata Mata lakes. See design below.

And, imminently will also be very good on the upper Xeurini, upper Itapara and upper Shufaris as evidenced by Todays and Last week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast. Scroll down to see these forecasts.

10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecasts are for the towns marked in the green and yellow areas seen in the map below. The towns marked in pink and yellow below impact water levels in the North East Zone. The accumulated rainfall over 2 inches means water levels may rise; between 1.5 and 2 inches means that water levels may drop slowly. On the other hand, rainfall between 1.5 and 1.0 inches means that levels will drop rapidly. Since the actual average of Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall is less than two inches, water levels will continue to drop.

Today’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast is as follows:

Caracarai: 1.87 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
Boa Vista: 0.83 inches (idem “2”)
Rorainopolis: 2.15 inches (idem “3”)
Barcelos: 2.85 inches (idem “4”) maybe considered slightly outside our fishery sphere-of-influence.
Manaus: 3.57 inches (idem “5”) is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence. Used only as a reference.

Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast was as follows:

Caracarai: 0.57 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
Boa Vista: 0.09 inches (idem “2”)
Rorainopolis: 2.24 inches (idem “3”).
Barcelos: 2.49 inches (idem “4”) maybe considered slightly outside our fishery sphere-of-influence.
Manaus: 4.98 inches (idem “5”) is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence. Used only as a reference.

Sources: wunderground.com and accuweather.com

3-Month Rain Anomaly Forecast In Our Four Fishing Dry Zones

(Valid for February-March-April)

Source: CPTEC/INPE, Brazil

In the map above, the white color means normal rainfall forecasted. Note that our selected fishing area during January and February, which is the North East Zone, is in light blue, meaning that there is a slight positive anomaly; i.e.: this zone should receive slightly more rainfall than expected for this time of the year. However, by Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast shows that areas (towns) 1, 2 and 3 still have low expected rainfall.

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Fishing Report: December 28th, 2021

HONEY HOLE….

3,834 Peacocks by 24 anglers

Our last 24 anglers before the year-end had excellent fishing at our private Omero lakes, despite high waters across the Amazon South American basin. Seven trophies were landed between 20 and 22 lbs.

Stats: The last 24 anglers for the year caught in 6 ½ days 3,834 peacocks with 239 peacocks between 10 and 16 lbs.; 32 between 17 and 19 lbs.; and 7 between 20 and 22 lbs.( see the above chart) This tally excludes a multifarious array of tropical species landed such as jacundá, apapá, cachorra, oscar, aruana, wolfish, pacú, bicúda, and pirañha.

(click on the table to see it at full size)

Ammo: For bait casters the most effective lures for big peacocks were all types of the light colored 6-inch topwaters since these fisheries are way below their sustainable season’s capacity. And, as always, bucktail jigs and spinner baits worked well. For fly fishermen poppers for smaller fish worked, but the larger fish were caught on long white and red bucktail streamers on sinking lines.

Guesswork:

Below we wish to inform our incoming anglers about the six River Train destinations, according to the expected water levels across our 9 Private Rivers.

South West Zone & South East Zone (scroll down to see map): Water levels are all high from Manaus down to 500 miles south, which is normal this time of the year.

We have transferred all River Trains 300-400 miles North of Manaus to the North East Dry Zone were water levels and fishing have been excellent on the Omero.

North East Zone (Omero, and the upper Jufaris, Itapara, Xeurini. Scroll down to see map): A couple of these rivers will continue to have excellent fishing for at least the next 1-2 weeks since water levels should be dropping as evidenced by todays and last week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast. Scroll down to see these forecasts.

South West Zone > 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecasts are for the towns marked in orange below, which affect water levels on the Matupiri and Igapo-Acu where we fished up until November. The accumulated rainfall over 2 inches means water levels will rise; between 1.5 and 2 inches means that water levels may drop slowly. On the other hand, rainfall between 1.5 and 1.0 inches means that levels will drop rapidly. Since the average is substantially above two inches, water levels will continue to rise, which is normal for this time of the year.

Today’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast is as follows:

Manicore: 4.49 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
Novo Aripuana: 4.17 inches (idem “2”)
Autazes: 3.26 inches (idem “3”)
Borba: 3.31 inches (idem “4”)
Humaita: is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence (idem “5”)

North East Zone > 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecasts are for the towns marked in green below, which affect water levels on the Omero lakes and the Upper Jufaris. As seen below water levels will be falling rapidly.

Today’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast is as follows:

Caracarai: 1.12 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
Boa Vista: 0.51 inches (idem “2”)
Rorainopolis: 1.34 inches (idem “3”)
Barcelos: 1.98 inches (idem “4”)
Manaus: 3.64 inches (idem “5”) is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence. Used only as a reference.

Last week’s ,10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast was as follows:

Caracarai: 1.19 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
Boa Vista: 0.48 inches (idem “2”)
Rorainopolis: 1.34 inches (idem “3”)
Barcelos: 2.44 inches (idem “4”)
Manaus: 3.79 inches (idem “5”) is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence. Used only as a reference.

Two weeks ago, 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast was as follows:

Caracarai: 3.57 inches
Boa Vista: 2.13 inches
Rorainopolis: 3.25 inches
Barcelos: 2.86 inches
Manaus: 4.17 inches (outside our fishery sphere-of-influence). Used only as a reference.

Sources: wunderground.com and accuweather.com

3-Month Rain Anomaly Forecast In Our Four Fishing Season Zones

(Valid for December-January-February)

Source: CPTEC/INPE, Brazil

In the map above, the white color means normal rainfall forecasted. Note that our selected fishing area during January and February, which is the North East Zone, is in light blue, meaning that there is a slight positive anomaly; i.e.: this zone should receive slightly more rainfall than expected for this time of the year. However, by Today’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast shows that areas (towns) 1, 2 and 3 have low expected rainfall.

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Fishing Report: November 29th, 2021

WE MOOOOVE….

3,310 Peacocks for the week!

All six River Trains next week will be 500 miles North from where we started the season. This weekend (2 ½ days) 4 incoming parties had good fishing of which 8 anglers had an outstanding startup landing a 17, 17, 19, 20, and a 22 pounder.

Stats: Last week 44 anglers caught in 6 ½ days 3,310 peacocks despite rapidly rising levels in our Private Rivers South West Zone (300 miles south of Manaus) but with falling levels in the North East Zone (300 miles north of Manaus). The incoming 4 parties totaling 32 anglers all of whom fished North East Zone over this last week-end (2 ½ days) landed 1,124 peacocks with 63 peacocks between 10 and 16 lbs.; 7 between 17 and 19 lbs.; and 2 between 20 and 22 lbs. This tally excludes many tropical species landed such as jacunda, amapa, cachorra, oscar, aruana, wolfish, pacu, oscar, bicuda, and piranha.

(click on the table to see it at full size)

Ammo: Most effective lures for big peacocks are topwater for the bait casters on the Omero and Jufaris since these fisheries are way below their sustainable season’s capacity.

Guesswork:
South West Zone (Matupiri and Igapo-Acu, see map below): Water levels should continue to rise according to today's and last week's 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall (see below). As such, we have transferred all River Trains but one to the North East Dry Zone.

North East Zone (Omero, Upper Jufaris, Mata-Mata, see map below): fishing has been very good on the Omero, Mata-mata, and on the Upper Jufaris excellent in terms of big fish. These rivers will have reasonable fishing for the rest of this and next week since water levels should will be rising but not to alarming levels as evidenced by today's and last week's 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast. See this and last week’s forecasts below.

South West Zone > 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecasts are for the towns marked in orange below, which affect water levels on the Matupiri and Igapo-Acu. The accumulated rainfall over 2 inches means water levels may rise; between 1.5 and 2 inches means that water levels may drop slowly. On the other hand, rainfall between 1.5 and 1.0 inches means that levels will drop rapidly. Since the average is more than two inches, water levels will continue to rise, which is normal for this time of the year. Today’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast is as follows:

Manicore: 2.34 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
Novo Aripuana: 2.24 inches (idem “2”)
Autazes: 1.80 inches (idem “3”)
Borba: 2.52 inches (idem “4”)
Humaita: is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence (idem “5”)

Last week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast was as follows:

Manicore: 3.47 inches
Novo Aripuana: 3.42 inches
Autazes: 3.12 inches
Borba: 2.55 inches
Humaita: is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence.

North East Zone > 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecasts are for the towns marked in green below, which affect water levels on the Omero lakes and the Upper Jufaris. As seen below water levels will be falling rapidly. Today’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast is as follows:

Caracarai: 2.66 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
Boa Vista: 1.72 inches (idem “2”)
Rorainopolis: 2.51 inches (idem “3”)
Barcelos: 2.06 inches (idem “4”)
Manaus: 2.41 inches (idem “5”) is outside our fishery sphere-of-influence.

Last week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast was as follows:

Caracarai: 3.23 inches
Boa Vista: 1.96 inches
Rorainopolis: 3.49 inches
Barcelos: 2.73 inches
Manaus: 3.13 inches (outside our fishery sphere-of-influence).

Sources: wunderground.com and accuweather.com

3-Month Rain Anomaly Forecast In Our Four Fishing Season Zones

(Valid for November-December-January)

Source: CPTEC/INPE, Brazil

In the map above, the white color means normal rainfall forecasted. Note that our selected fishing area during January and February, which is the North East Zone, is in light blue, meaning that there is a slight positive anomaly; i.e.: this zone should receive slightly more rainfall than expected.