Mid-Week Fishing Report: Feb. 02 – 04, 2019 (2 ½ days)
FISHING NOW AT THE ITAPARÁ, JUFARIS, KABORI, XERUINI PRIVATE FISHERIES
Week end´s tally (2 ½ days):
Note: this 2 1/2 days report is to rush last weekend’s conditions to our incoming anglers.
Kabori fishery in Dry-Zone N. East -: Last week the Shutt group finalized with a 1.214 landed peacocks count, largest of which weighed 18lbs. Last Saturday the small and quaint Coser group arrived and in just 2 1/2 days landed 163 peacock bass. Water levels are a bit below the ideal and dropping, fishing conditions are expected to be good in the coming days.
Upper -Xeruini fishery in Dry-Zone N. East -: The Miller group had a good start with a nice size mix in the bag. Best working reported lures are perversas, joao pepino, propellers and jigs. Levels are dropping and weather forecast confirms the tendency.
Itapará river in Dry-Zone N. East – : Last week just 4 anglers in the Sylvara group landed an outstanding basket of trophies with three 19 pounders, three weighing 18 lbs and four 17lbs, other 88 were above the 8 lbs. mark. Last weekend under heavy rain conditions the Brasher group had a great start with 303 landed peacock bass, largest of which weighed 18 lbs.
Upper Jufaris in Dry-Zone N.East – : Our single occupancy suites received last Saturday 7 anglers in the Alaimo group.They started with 226 landed peacock bass, the largest of which weighed over 16lbs. Camp reports that locally tied jigs were still the stars this weekend and they also have some fly fishermen in the group. Good fishing conditions are expected to continue in the coming days.
Today´s Average Water Levels:
in Dry-Zone N. East
Guess work
Water levels are slowly dropping in our fisheries in the Dry-Zone N.East. The Kabori and Upper Jufaris are a bit below the perfect level and the Itapará has is stable at the ideal point. Practically nil rainfall forecast for Rorainopolis in the area of influence of the Itapara confirms this tendency. All fisheries are expected to maintain good fishing conditions in the coming week.
Diagram appearing below shows that in our area of interest no significant rainfall anomaly is expected in the coming fortnight
Map below shows the accumulated rain in the last 5 days.
Find below the quarterly rainfall for Feb, Mar, Apr showing that we should not expect any significant rain episodes, in our area of interest, on the contrary levels will be below the normal historical levels. A mild El Niño impact is expected on this regard.
Water level measurements starting fresh this month for 2019 are within the historical parameters (see below)
Note: red line are 2019 water levels, the light blue strip is the 15 to 85% probability, the dotted line is the median and the yellow line is the historic minimum.