Fishing Reports

FR: July 9-16, 2022

BOREDOM PROOF

3,047 PEACOCKS BY 8 ANGLERS

Cherry picking for low water levels pays off.






Stats: From July 9th  thru the 16th 8 anglers landed in 6 ½ days 3,047 peacocks with 163 in the 10 to 16 lb category, and two 18 pounders. See table below. This tally excludes a multifarious array of other less aggressive tropical species such as the jacundá, apapá, wolfish, pacú, bicúda, and pirañha.

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Lures: Since water levels are at an excellent low level almost ANY lure or fly works even small plastic white coffee cups. The larger fish are caught on large 6-inch topwater lures almost any color. For fly fishermen large bucktail streamers with sinking tipids worked well.

Guesswork: We hereby wish to inform our incoming anglers where might our six River Trains be operating according to the expected water levels across our 10 Private Rivers. All water levels will continue to be high North and up to 200 miles South of Manaus, as illustrated in the below design.


However, in the South East Zone, 350 miles South East of Manaus, as predicted many weeks ago water levels will be perfect, as illustrated in the below design.


As such, we have moved a SECOND River Train into this Dry Zone into our NEW exclusive Torrentoso River and, we are also moving a THIRD Train in to Mid-Marmelos  to receive 3 parties as of next week. Low water levels should last until mid-August, after which it may be TOO low for fish to be active. Scroll down to the Fishing Zones map to see in purple the zone we are currently fishing. The Torrentoso River is not shown yet in this zone, because it is our newest private river.




These low expected water levels are evidenced by Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast. These forecasts are for the towns below printed in purple which impact water levels in the South East Zone.

Today’s 10-Day Forecast is as follows (by order of importance):
  • Humaita: 0.26 inches (Marked as "1" in the map below)
  • Apuí: 0.04 inches (idem "2")
  • Manicore: 0.12 inches (idem "3")
  • Novo Aripuana: 0.25 inches (idem "4")
  • Borba: 0.18 inches (idem "5")
  • Barcelos: 1.70 inches (Marked as "B" on the map, included only as reference since it is OUTSIDE our selected Dry Zone)

Last Week’s 10-Day Forecast WAS as follows:
  • Humaita: 0.16 inches (Marked as "1" in the map below)
  • Apuí: 0.07 inches (idem "2")
  • Manicore: 0.09 inches (idem "3")
  • Novo Aripuana: 0.20 inches (idem "4")
  • Borba: 0.27 inches (idem "5")
  • Barcelos: 2.60 inches (Marked as "B" on the map, included only as reference since it is OUTSIDE our selected Dry Zone)
Sources: wunderground.com and accuweather.com

The 10-Day Forecast over 2 inches means water levels may rise, and under 2 inches means that water levels may drop. Since the actual averages of Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Forecast in all towns monitored in the South East Zone are less than a half inch, water levels will HASTILY continue to drop.


3-Month Rain Anomaly Forecast In Our Four Fishing Dry Zones

(Valid for July-August-September)

Source: CPTEC/INPE, Brazil.


Our guesswork is further evidenced in the map above. The white color means normal rainfall forecasted for the next 3 months. Note that our current selected fishing area from June to August, the South East Zone, is in white meaning that there is NO anomaly forecasted; i.e.: this zone should receive the expected rainfall for THIS TIME of the year which is historically very little rain (less than 0.75 inches accumulated in 10 days).


THIS WEEK'S GALLERY
(Apologies, we will only receive photos later today)



FR: July 2-9, 2022

HOT & PEPPY

2,487 PEACOCKS BY 6 ANGLERS

Upper Marmelos Indian Reserve playing out as expected.






Stats: This week's 6 anglers, from the Case party, landed 2,487 peacocks with 230 fish weighing over 10 pounds. This tally includes 5-10% of other, less aggressive tropical species such as the jacundá, apapá, cachorra, oscar, aruana, wolfish, pacú, bicúda, and piraña.

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Ammo: Since we are a long way from our fishing pressure limit for this fishery set at 56 anglers, the most effective lures for bait casters are the large and noisy 6-inch topwater lures of almost any color. For fly fishermen any light colored bucktails streamers do well for larger peacocks, and poppers are deadly for smaller and midsized fish.

Guesswork: We hereby wish to inform our incoming anglers where might our six River Trains be operating according to the expected water levels in our 10 Private Rivers.

All water levels continue to be very high North and up to 200 miles South of Manaus, as  illustrated in the below design.


However, in the South East Zone, 350 miles South East of Manaus, water levels continue to drain out of the jungle with fishing entering its best cycle, as illustrated in the below design.


As such, we are now navigating with our SECOND River Train to this Dry Zone into our NEW exclusive Torrentoso River to receive simultaneous parties. Low water levels should last until mid-August, after which it may be TOO low for fish to be active. Scroll down to the Fishing Zones map to see in purple the zone we are currently fishing.




These low expected water levels are evidenced by Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast. These forecasts are for the towns below printed in purple which impact water levels in the South East Zone

Today’s 10-Day Forecast is as follows (by order of importance):
  • Humaita: 0.16 inches (Marked as "1" in the map below)
  • Apuí: 0.07 inches (idem "2")
  • Manicore: 0.09 inches (idem "3")
  • Novo Aripuana: 0.20 inches (idem "4")
  • Borba: 0.27 inches (idem "5")
  • Barcelos: 2.60 inches (Marked as "B" on the map, included only as reference since it is OUTSIDE our selected Dry Zone)

Last Week’s 10-Day Forecast WAS as follows: 
  • Humaita: 0.04 inches (Marked as "1" in the map below)
  • Apuí: 0.08 inches (idem "2")
  • Manicore: 0.31 inches (idem "3")
  • Novo Aripuana: 0.41 inches (idem "4")
  • Borba: 0.46 inches (idem "5")
  • Barcelos: 2.80 inches (Marked as "B" on the map, included only as reference since it is OUTSIDE our selected Dry Zone)
Sources: wunderground.com and accuweather.com

The 10-Day Forecast over 2 inches means water levels may rise, and under 2 inches means that water levels may drop. Since the actual average of Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Forecast in all towns is less than 0.75 inches, water levels will HASTILY continue to drop.


3-Month Rain Anomaly Forecast In Our Four Fishing Dry Zones 

(Valid for July-August-September)

Source: CPTEC/INPE, Brazil.


Our guesswork is further evidenced in the map above. The white color means normal rainfall forecasted for the next 3 months. Note that our current selected fishing area from June to August, the South East Zone, is in white meaning that there is NO anomaly forecasted; i.e.: this zone should receive the expected rainfall for THIS TIME of the year which is historically very little rain (less than 0.75 inches accumulated in 10 days).


THIS WEEK'S GALLERY




FR: June 25-July 2, 2022

SEASON KICK-OFF

2,081 PEACOCKS BY 6 ANGLERS

Breaking waters on the upper Marmelos Indian Reserve with no time outs.






Stats: From June 25th  thru July 2nd  6 anglers landed in 6 ½ days 2,081 peacocks with over 22 fish in the teens.This tally excludes a multifarious array of other tropical species such as the jacundá, apapá, cachorra, oscar, aruana, wolfish, pacú, bicúda, and pirañha.

Click on the table to see full size


Ammo: Since we are breaking waters the most effective lures for bait casters are large 6-inch topwater lures almost any color. For fly fishermen poppers for smaller and midsized fish worked well.

Guesswork:We hereby wish to inform our incoming anglers where might our six River Trains be operating according to the expected water levels across our 10 Private Rivers. All water levels continue to be high North and up to 200 miles South of Manaus as may be seen in the below design.


However, in the South East Zone, 350 miles South East of Manaus, water levels as they drain out of the jungle are increasingly going from very good to perfect, as may be seen in the below design.


As such, we transferred one of our River Trains into this Dry Zone where low water levels should only last until mid-August after which it may be TOO low for fish to be active, OR we would have reached our fishing pressure limit for this fishery of 56 anglers. Scroll down to see in purple, in the Fishing Zones map, the area where we are currently fishing.
These low expected water levels are evidenced by Today's and Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast. Scroll down further to see these forecasts.




10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecasts are for the nearby towns below marked in purple which impact water levels in the South East Zone.
The accumulated rainfall over 2 inches means water levels may rise; and under 2 inches means that water levels may drop. Since the actual average of Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall in all neighboring cities is LESS than 0.75 inches, water levels will HASTILY continue to drop.

Today’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast is as follows:
  • Manicore: 0.31 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
  • Novo Aripuana: 0.41 inches (idem “2”)
  • Autazes: 0.58 inches (idem “3”)
  • Borba: 0.46 inches (idem “4”)
  • Humaita: 0.04 inches (idem “5”) 

Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecast was as follows: 
  • Manicore: 0.51 inches (marked as “1” in the 3 Month Rain Forecast Map below)
  • Novo Aripuana: 0.51 inches (idem “2”)
  • Autazes: 0.51 inches (idem “3”)
  • Borba: 0.65 inches (idem “4”)
  • Humaita: 0.22 inches (idem “5”) 
Sources: wunderground.com and accuweather.com


3-Month Rain Anomaly Forecast In Our Four Fishing Dry Zones 

(Valid for July-August-September)

Source: CPTEC/INPE, Brazil


In the map above, the white color means normal rainfall forecasted. Note that our selected fishing area from June to August, which is the South East Zone, is in white, meaning that there is no anomaly; i.e.: this zone should receive about the expected rainfall for this time of the year. We are currently in the dry season south of the Amazon, as Today’s and Last Week’s 10-Day Accumulated Rainfall Forecasts show, so we expect water level in the area to drop over the following weeks.


THIS WEEK'S GALLERY








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