Huge Peacock Bass on the Final Day

Oh how time flies when you’re having fun.  And fun it’s been.  Today was my last day fishing with Rodrigo of Untamed Angling at their incredible peacock bass fishing destination on the Marié River here in Brazil.  It was hot and humid at sunrise and instead of working...

Hefty Peacock Bass Bring Big Smiles

I’ve talked mostly about fishing this week but the Amazon has many more treats beyond the fish.  There are lots of animals, reptiles and birds.  The first two you rarely get to see because they hide so well in the rainforest, but the birdlife is incredible.  The ones...

Lockjaw for Peacocks but not for Us!

I got up nice and early this morning but wasn’t in the mood for writing a blog.  Instead the artistic blood was flowing.  I brought a set of Sharpies and grabbed them and went to work.   Outside the backdoor of our mothership the Untamed Amazon where we hang the...

Massive Peacock Bass of the Marie River

I’m back to my early up routine today here on the Marié River in the Amazon.  The chef had the coffee ready at 5:30 and I headed on the deck of the Untamed Amazon to work on my blog and watch the sunrise.  The skies were ominous showing signs of rain.   By the...