As water levels climbed across much of the Amazon this week, we stayed on the move, tracking rainfall, watching river trends and pushing our operations toward the Northeastern Zone — water we normally wouldn’t touch until late November. This season is clearly playing by a different set of rules.
Fortunately, so are we.
Our River Trains found the fish again this week, with 36 anglers aboard five River Trails piling up nearly 8,400 peacocks and other exotics. The action was fast enough that some days reached the 100-fish mark.
TOTAL ANGLERS: 36
TOTAL PEACOCKS: 8,376
FISH 10–16 lbs.: 64
FISH 17–19 lbs.: 3
FISH 20+ lbs.: 1
LIFE MEMORIES: Sometimes the best part of a topwater strike is seeing the whole thing happen. Antonio had a front-row seat when the fish of the week detonated on his prop bait at close range, then turned and ripped off a drag-burning run for deeper water. The strikingly marked peacock tipped the scales at 21 lbs. before a safe release to grow even bigger.
EXOTIC OF THE WEEK: The Amazon has no shortage of fish that look like they were designed to hurt something. Even in that company, the trairão stands out. Also known as the giant wolf fish, this prehistoric-looking predator is built like a battering ram with a mouthful of stout, cone-shaped teeth built for grabbing prey and not letting go. Our guest Erick spotted this 23-pound brute prowling the rocky, clear shallows and made the perfect cast.
RAINFALL MANAGEMENT: Trains operating this week reported slowly falling water levels. Combined with pleasant weather, that adds up to a great outlook for the coming weeks.
We continue concentrating our 8 River Trains operations in North East Zone in the red area marked on the map below, which encompasses 6 Exclusive Rivers. This area is normally fished starting in late November.
The forecast for these same 6 Exclusive Rivers this week continues to be minimal rain expected as evidenced in the in map below. Our 6 River Trains are currently staged within the RED oval shown below.
10 Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast Map
Source: CPTEC-INPE
Our River Trains are ready to move up or down 1000 miles as we follow the best conditions day-by-day. We promise to send you home with sore arms!