Trip Highlights
14-year-old Maxx Greta just returned from his second awesome peacock bass trip with his dad, Chris.
The Amazon peacock bass is pound for pound the hardest hitting and fighting freshwater game fish on earth! Their topwater lure-smashing strikes have become legendary in the angling community and thousands of fishermen travel each year to challenge this exciting gamefish.
Rod & Gun Resources has sent many thousands of anglers to Brazil over the last decade—it’s one of our real specialties and greatest areas of expertise. We know the virgin rivers and lagoons where large populations of giant peacock bass live unmolested and on our trips, many (or all) of the peacock bass you cast to have never seen an artificial lure or fly.
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“What a great trip. Our group of eight caught lots of fish, including 175 peacock bass of 12 pounds or more and 22 lunkers of 20 pounds or more. I personally caught 17, 20 and 15 pounders on three consecutive casts!” |
Rod & Gun Resources’ fishermen commonly catch 20 to 30 peacock bass each day, from 3 to 6-pound “butterflies“ to the 12 to 25-pound “barred” or “paca” super-lunkers and there is always the chance for a real monster. The current IGFA all-tackle world peacock bass record came from this region in 1994, and we have come very close to breaking the record many times.
We are happy to announce that River Plate Anglers has obtained through legal authority exclusive permits to sport fish waters of the Madeira River system within the Tenharin Indian Reservation.
This means that these waters will be sport fished for the very first time in history. Our anglers on these trips can truly cast to entire populations of big peacock bass that have never seen a lure or fly!
We have two concepts that are the keys to our extraordinary fishing:
- Our outfitter whisks fishermen via state-of-the-art Cessna Caravan aircraft directly from the Manaus, Brazil airport to pristine fishing locations far (often hundreds of miles) from the overfished melee of competing lodges and houseboats — and lands right at their camp or yacht accommodations.
- The “Cabin Barge” concept is a breakthrough in placing comfortable, air-conditioned accommodations in previously inaccessible locations. Each set of barges draws only about four inches of water, which enables us to travel virtually anywhere, avoiding natural barriers such as waterfalls and too-shallow river mouths.
Our combination of the fly-in and true mobility eliminates competition from other people, whether they are sportsmen or native fishermen. Consequently, this is your best chance for peacock bass fishing success. Please ask us to give you references from our returning anglers, and compare our numbers with those of other operations.
“Our January group came back extremely impressed with your program. Benny, my guide on the Jufari, is head and shoulders above any guide or fisherman I have ever met. He could do anything — get out impossible backlashes, mend reels, fix and tune Woodchoppers, and his eyes were like radar…. The meals were exquisitely prepared and I should have married Ruth, our cook, and brought her back to the States with me.” Barry Reynolds, Denver, CO
Call us at 1-800-211-4753 today for details and be one of
the lucky sportsmen
who experiences peacock bass fishing... Brazilian style!
- COST:
- $4250 per week for the Barge Camps and the Blackwater Explorer. The trips are currently Friday - Saturday, but the itinerary is subject to change. Custom itineraries are available upon request. Air travel from Miami to Manaus, Brazil is usually around $900 round-trip. Ground transfers are included.
- PRIME TIME:
- August through March
- HOW TO GET THERE:
- In case of schedule changes on the Miami/Manaus flights, the following information is very general: We will stay in communication with you regarding specific flight numbers and times. All anglers will travel from Miami to Manaus, Brazil on Thursday at about 6:15 p.m. (after November about 5:15 p.m.) via TAM Brazilian Airlines, arriving in Manaus about 12:20 a.m. After clearing customs, you will be met by our representative and transferred to the Tropical Hotel for a short rest and breakfast prior to your charter flight to the camp/yacht. The charters will normally depart between 7 a.m. and 12 noon, Friday. On occasion, anglers may overnight in Manaus on Friday and go to camp on Saturday. This is our call, depending on weather and other factors. Once in camp, you will settle in, arrange your tackle and begin your first day of fishing. You then fish through Friday. You will charter back to Manaus Friday (and overnight) or early Saturday morning and transfer to the international airport, departing for Miami about 11:50 a.m., arriving in Miami about 4:00 p.m. Saturday. Applicable Manaus hotel rooms are included in the price.
- DETAILS:
- A color brochure (PDF), video and references are available.
- You might also find our Peacock Bass Pre-Trip Planning and Packing Information helpful.
- Click here for frequently asked questions and their answers.