Fishing Reports
Mid-Week Fishing Report: February 03 – 05 , 2018 (only 2 ½ days)
Rio Branco basin Season at its finest
“The complete adventure was excellent! We will return!”
Bill Rothrock – Jan 2018
“I´ve fished various River Plate lodges over the years, and this was one of the best we have been to.”
Micheal Rockenbach – Jan 2018
“River Plate, on behalf of all of us, the fishing trip was one of the best if not the best we ever had. We caught an unusual amount of BIG fish. We can´t thank you all enough …”
Pat Scherzer – Jan 2018
Note: this 2 1/2 days report is to rush last weekend´s conditions to our incoming anglers.
Anglers arriving this week continue to benefit from the delicate equilibrium of the slowly rising Negro basin and the slowly receding Branco basin, that benefits directly our private fisheries in the upper Xeurini and Jufaris rivers. Moreover negligible rain is expected for the coming days. All in all, excellent fishing conditions for the near future.
Fly fishermen it Floating Suites I in the upper Xeruini are having a blast with sight fishing, while traditional bait-casters in the other fisheries are seeing great top-water action straining their tackle to the very limit.
Dry-Zone S.East
Water levels are high, closed for the season, which is normal for this time of the year.
Dry-Zone S.West
Water levels are high, closed for the season, which is normal for this time of the year.
(beige in map above) Dry-Zone N.West
Water levels are about 2.0ft. above jungle level and rising. The Negro influence is being felt in the lower sectors of the Xeruini and Jufaris, floating suites have moved upriver towards the Branco area of influence. Negligible rain is expected in the coming days.
Dry-Zone N.East
The Branco basin is in its normal receding cycle. Fishing conditions are good in all our fisheries. Negligible rain is expected for the rest of the week (see water level sketch below)
NOTE that the green area at the North affecting the Amazon basin and our fisheries is now lighter, this makes us believe that it might have a positive influence (70%) in our fisheries, averting extreme low water levels for the rest of the season.
Last week´s Gallery
Mid-Week Fishing Report: January 27 – 29 , 2018 (2 ½ days)
24 lbs. Trophy Peacock Bass landed at the Itapará
"Tremendous experience!! Our guide worked very hard to make our trip a success, and the camp staff made the experience wonderful. More than I expected, though I would like to have caught a 20 pounder ... "
T.J. Christl - Jufaris, Jan 2018
" I just got back from my second annual trip with River Plate. Had a great time. The four guides at the Upper Jufaris were great, we had Gee Gee and his expertise at wood-chopper tuning is genius level"
Emery Jakab - Jufaris, Jan 2018
Dry-Zone N.East (see map below) is fishing at its finest. Yet again last week groups with 39 anglers beat the 5.000 landed peacock bass mark.
Last weekend at our Itapará private fishery, several trophies above the 17lbs benchmark were caught and released, with the (up to now) season record of 24lbs.. Simultaneously the Jufaris and Xeruini produced plenty of graceful aruanás, massive arapaimas, and several other species supplementing the peacock bass tally and enhancing the blissful experience. Fishing conditions are good, no rain during the weekend and forecasts show no significant rain for the rest of the week in our fisheries.
Dry-Zone S.East
Water levels are high, closed for the season, which is normal for this time of the year.
Dry-Zone S.West
Water levels are high, closed for the season, which is normal for this time of the year.
(beige in map above) Dry-Zone N.West
Water levels are about 2.0ft. above jungle level and rising. The Negro influence is being felt in the lower sectors of the Xeruini and Jufaris, floating suites have moved upriver. No significant rain is expected in the coming days.
Dry-Zone N.East
The Branco basin is in its normal receding cycle. Fishing conditions are good in all our fisheries. Negligible rain is expected for the rest of the week (see water level sketch below)
NOTE that the green area at the North affecting the Amazon basin and our fisheries is now lighter, this makes us believe that it might have a positive influence (70%) in our fisheries, averting extreme water levels for the rest of the season.
Gallery
MID-WEEK FISHING REPORT: JAN 20 – 27, 2018 (2 ½ DAYS)
ALL OUR ANGLERS ENJOYING GOOD WATER LEVELS
Please note that the 2 1/2 days is to promptly report last weekend results to our incoming anglers.
5.134 peacock bass landed last week by our 34 visiting anglers, plus an assortment of other species including massive aruanás, graceful trairas, aggressive black piranhas, etc.
Fishing conditions are currently good, lots of top water action. Fly-fishermen are also unstoppable, barely resting for lunch, poppers and bright colored minnows are working hard. Forecast for the coming days shows no significant rain episodes affecting our fisheries. Although the Negro basin is rising, with the extended rain forecast in the upper Negro basin, we do not expect this to affect our fisheries in the coming weeks. Dry-Zone S.East
Water levels are high, closed for the season, which is normal for this time of the year.
Dry-Zone S.West
Water levels are high, closed for the season, which is normal for this time of the year.
(beige in map above) Dry-Zone N.West
Water levels are about 1.0ft. above jungle level and rising. The Negro influence is being felt in the lower sectors of the Xeruini and Jufaris, floating suites have moved upriver. Some moderate rain is expected in the coming days.
Dry-Zone N.East
Water levels are about 1.0 ft below jungle level and rising. Fishing conditions are good. Negligible rain is expected for the rest of the week (see water level sketch below)
NOTE that the green area at the North affecting the Amazon basin and our fisheries is now darker, this makes us believe that it might have a positive influence (70%) in our fisheries, averting extreme low water levels as we had last season.
LAST WEEK´S GALLERY
