Meshuggahman in Brazil - Peacock Catches

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meshuggahman

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Here are some of the peacock-only catches from October 2006 on the Unini River...NOT all of the fish we caught :D...but some of the good ones!!

Scott


Uh oh, bent hook! This might seem impressive and, that the fish could do this IS impressive, however we learned (here the first day of fishing) that this result is caused by the drag being too tight:
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This 16lb fish was caught in the FIRST 15 minutes of fishing on the very FIRST day!!:
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We had FOUR DOUBLES during the trip - I'm not talking a "double" for the boat, I'm talking a DOUBLE ON ONE LURE!! Here are two separate double catches:
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Miscellaneous peacocks:
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Two DIFFERENT fish caught by my father within about 2 hours of each other. A 17LB bettered by a 19LB!!:
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Look down its throat...there's a tail in there!! Someone was hungry!!:
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Beautiful "butterfly" color variation:
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My 20LB peacock!! :-) :
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The first fish below is the 13LB female I caught on the following video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhaSGeXFjdY The second fish is the paired 13LB MALE that I caught 2 minutes later!!:
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My god they must be everywhere there!!!
 
wow that must have been awsome :drool: :drool: :drool:
 
dammm that must have been fun. that 1 "butterfly" orino pbass looks really nice. shouldve smuggled it back home :)
 
Wow! Some of those pbass were quite large.
 
ThisIsTong;972055; said:
dammm that must have been fun. that 1 "butterfly" orino pbass looks really nice. shouldve smuggled it back home :)


Yes, that butterfly/orino was beautiful...even though he was small, I wanted to post the picture. I've actually caught a bunch of that variation down here in South Florida.

I've read a few tongue-in-cheek comments about "bringing fish back home" but Brazil is apparently VERY strict in controlling export, legal and ILLEGAL, of fish species out of their country.

Here is a picture of a sign that was posted at the airport:

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My Portuguese is a bit rusty but I believe it translates to: "If you try to take these guys out of the country, those guys behind you with the guns and badges will make sure YOU DON'T LEAVE THE COUNTRY EITHER!!" :uhoh:

Scott
 
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