vanillagorilla Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 The Burning of the Amazon (Helicopter View) The Urariquera River (Conditions Chocolate) A View From Camp BAIT - A 7 Pound Pirahna Paul Bordo's First Patipitingua 20 Pounds + Paul with another Patipitingua My First Patipitingua 20 Pounds + Our First Jau - A Dink - 20 Ponuds + My First Jau - A Dink - 80 Ponuds A Vertical View - This Thing Has Some Shoulders The Jungle In All Its Glory Paul Landing One Of 50 Fish in the 20 Pound Range A Monster Patipitingua - Weight Unknown (Bottomed Out Scale) One More Shot Of The Jungle
mattyk Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 wow, those are some sweet looking fish! THanks for sharing. I got to book me a trip to the amazon river.
setomonkey Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 That's quite the first post! Great pictures, are there peacock bass in that river? Fishing in the Amazon would be an amazing adventure... Mike
fishergirl72 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Wow, those are some really beautiful fish that was caught. Way to go!!!
tjsa Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Hey man, where you been????? Cool first report on the new board.
vanillagorilla Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Posted February 14, 2007 It took 2 days of travel to get there and 2 days of travel to get out. 3 planes 2 buses and a helicopter There are only small Peacock Bass in this river. The natives use them for bait to catch the Giant Catfish. Mitch
mittzu Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 i really never thought that a pirronha can get that BIG anyway WOW looks like a pretty spot to take the wife......Was the bugs just as big? great pictures thank you.
Gerritt Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Am I dead???? no seriously am i dead... I think I have died and went to heaven.....(checks his pulse) Sooooo run into any pygmies? Gerritt.
Rich Clemens Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Oh wow ... you lucky dog !!!! That would be a dream trip for all of us on here. I for one really appreciate sharing those pics with us. If ya got any more ... put them up, I'd love to see them.
moparrothead Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 What did you do with the fish keep eat or throw back ??
vanillagorilla Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Posted February 15, 2007 At this time of year from December to March is the dry season in the Amazon Basin. As a result there is very little rain and no bugs. The only pests that we had to be careful of were the read Fire Ants. There were a couple of people who ran into some and the results were not pretty. It looked like they had chicken pocks and very itchy. I was very supprised how safe and bug free the Amazon was in our experience.
vanillagorilla Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Posted February 15, 2007 We ate some of the smaller fish especially the Pirahna. They taste like Walleye.
GbayGiant Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Amazing. Did you go for a swim with the piranhas ? I think it would be safer swimming with sharks.
Mike the Pike Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Awesome report very different and colourful fish .Sunfish on steroids.I never knew pirahna grew that size. No swimming for me over there ,imagine meeting up with 100 pirahna's like that.Yup you would turn into an instant skeleton.
vanillagorilla Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Posted February 15, 2007 Believe it or not those Pirahna are only interested in other fish. My buddy went for a swim with no problems.
joonmoon Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Hey thanks for the great report. That looks like an awesome trip. And the fishin must have been a blast. Even the shots of the jungle being so thick,lush and green looked so cool. We need more photos.
carll2 Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 awesome report a couple weeks back i saw a show on discovery about piranahs and man these things are nuts, they put a dad cow in the water and it was gone withing 2 minutes
ccmtcanada Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Unbelievable pictures! Those are some BIIIIG and ugly fish...LOL. Awesome report! Welcome to the board by the way...cant wait to see more reports from you.
Sherriff Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Great report. Incredible looking fish down there. Sherriff
tonyb Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Looks like you had an absolutely unreal vacation, and thanks for the spectacular photos. What kind of camera did you take those pictures with, the colours are eye-popping. Tony
vanillagorilla Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Posted February 15, 2007 I took the pictures with a Kodak P880
lunkerbasshunter Posted February 16, 2007 Report Posted February 16, 2007 wow nice report! Always nice seeing reports form out of country! Cheers!
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