Fishing the Rio Negro for trophy Peacock Bass requires mobility. These waters change dramatically depending on the time of year and rainfall. When tropical storms dump too much water the Nexus can easily move to better fishing water. When BIG Peacocks are located the Nexus can move to the mouth of the tributary, anchor, and have you within minutes of the fish.
In the Amazon even the catfish hit topwater lures. Although the Rio Negro is not noted for numbers of Peacock Bass it more than makes up for that in the size. Nowhere else in the world can an angler expect to catch 10 to 20 bass per day, all on topwater and averaging around 10 pounds.
The really big Peacock Bass will prefer large topwater baits like the Magnum WoodChopper. The ferociousness of their strike will remain forever etched in your mind. You're ripping this huge plug across the water so aggressively you throw more water than a skier. Suddenly the water erupts from the power of a Peacock strike and the battle is on!!!
Once hooked these powerful animals will rip line from your reel like you were hooked to the hitch of a 4 wheel drive!!! They'll blast out of the water like a Tarpon, trying to throw the plug, then they hit the water and head for the closest cover.
Peacock Bass fishing, long regarded by those lucky enough to have experienced it as the ultimate in freshwater Big Game fish. The ferocity of their topwater strike is their trademark. When a 10 pound Peacock clears the water and crashes your topwater plug, you’re hooked on Peacock Bass fishing.
Peacock’s range from Panama to southern Brazil in Central and South America. Panama, although not noted for large Peacock’s offers big numbers of 3 to 10 pound Peacock Bass.
Southern Brazil’s Peacock’s average around 3 pounds and very few get much large. The water is cooler there and the fish prefer warm tropical waters.
Northern Brazil, primarily on the Rio Negro, not far from Manaus and southern Venezuela on Lake Guri and the Rio Orinoco is where the really big Peacock Bass live. It is fairly common in these waters on a typical 5 day fishing trip to catch a good number of fish over 15 pounds and frequently around 20 pounds. These are really big, powerful Peacock Bass.
Nearly every day you'll hook a Peacock you just can't do anything with. They take your stuff and head for cover and you just can't turn em.Once you experience Peacock Bass fishing, Bass fishing on your home lake will seem more like Bream fishing.........
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