Mid-Week Fishing Report: Feb 08 – 10, 2020 (2 ½ days)

Itapará at its finest …

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.

Xeruini in Dry-Zone N. East –: Last weekend we received the Siqueira group of 8 anglers who enjoyed great weather conditions and had a good start landing over 220 peacock bass. River is dropping and fishing conditions are expected to be good in the coming days.

Jufaris in Dry-Zone N. East -: The Parcels group of 6 fished in the Upper part of this fishery, exceeding the 200 peacock bass. Excellent fishing conditions during the weekend and forecast for the coming days without any significant rain episodes (pls. see below). Great top water action.

Itapará in Dry-Zone N. East -: Last week the Scherzer group had an outstanding performance exceeding the 1000 landed peacock bass, with 18 trophies above the 17lbs. mark., largest weighing 20,5 lbs. . This week we are hosting the Lewis group of 8, including their spouses. They are enjoying perfect fishing conditions and the fantastic jungle experience and wildlife in this secluded and privileged area. Water levels keep dropping, fishing conditions for the coming days are expected to be excellent (pls. see forecast below). Mid water lures are working best for this fishery.

Omero in Dry-Zone N. East –: Last weekend we received the Spinelli group of 6 anglers who enjoyed great weather conditions and had a good start landing over 150 peacock bass. River is a bit below the optimum and dropping. Fishing conditions are expected to be good in the coming days in the area.

Today´s Average Water Levels:

in Dry-Zone N. East

All fisheries in Dry-Zone N.East

Guess work

Jufaris, Xeruini, Omero and Itapará fisheries are very near their optimum levels. Dropping tendency is firm, please see forecast below for the triangle Barcelos, Caracarai and Rorainopolis. The Upper parts of the rivers are leading the tendency.

Blue dots represent water level monitoring stations where levels are rising and yellow dots where levels are dropping. Our area of interest are marked with a red circle.

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The triangle within Barcelos, Caracaraí and Rorainopolis in the area of influence of our Xeruini, Jufaris and Itapará fisheries forecasts above showing almost no rain episodes in the week.

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Find below the quarterly rainfall for Feb, Mar, Apr, showing that we should expect below normal rainfall in the area of our private fisheries (red), confirming dropping tendency for the quarter.

Find below the anomaly forecast for the coming fortnight:

Water level measurements at the Caracarai station (see below) are now within the historical parameters. Please see red circle in stations map above. The Xeruini, Omero and Itapará drain into de Branco river and will keep dropping.

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

Water level measurements at the Barcelos station (see below) are within the historical parameters, Jufaris river draining into the rio Negro is expected to continue dropping tendency. Please see red circle in stations map above.