Fishing trips: On Amazon for Giant peacock

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At the onset of the first winter cold some anglers who do not want to part with their favorite summer tackles, begins to irresistible pull in the warm countries, where there is an opportunity to plunge into the summer heat, and at the same time to catch different unknown fish. Objects for sports fishing in far abroad huge quantity, as well as ways of their catching. Sea and ocean fishing from coast or boats, catching of various salmon fishes on all continents, from the north of Europe and ending with Argentina, catching of the bass in the USA, in Cuba, or in Europe, hunting for trophy catfish in Spain - all this today Possible in the presence of finances. And travel companies are ready to provide tours to exotic fishing, full of both domestic and foreign.

Recently, the trend of travel with fishing theme is shifting towards countries such as Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia. Infrastructure for the organization of fishing tourism in recent years there has sharply improved, and interesting objects for fishing in reservoirs of these countries full. Starting from all kinds of piranha, freshwater giant - arapaima, payara...

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One of the most popular objects of fishing tourism is the Peacock. It is a predatory fish that inhabits the rivers of the South American continent flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Distributed in the rivers Amazon, Rio Negro, Madeira, Orinoco, Branko, Aragaya, Ajapick, solimos their tributaries. The palonne belongs to the family of Cichleids. Several subspecies of this fish are classified. For sport fishing the interest of a giant peacock, reaching 1 meter in length and weight of more than 12 kilograms, is presented. In different countries has the names Three-barred Peacock, Speckled Peacock, Tucunare, Acu, Paca, Giant Peacock.
Peacock is an uncompromising predator. Its food objects are other, smaller, fish, amphibians, and even birds and small mammals.
Sport fishing is carried out by spinning and fly fishing tackles. Fishing mainly takes place from boats, as coastal fishing in the areas of the Palona habitat can be dangerous for tourists.
Spinning for hunting peacock perch need a fairly tough and powerful. Stiffness is required to perform a powerful and reliable sweep, and the power will be needed for the forced haul of the trophy after biting, as the pavon likes to dwell near the trees or curtains lying in the water.
The bait. Various surface lures such as wolves, poppers, crawlers, etc. are most effective in catching the pavon. It is possible to use slightly loaded silicone lures that can be carried along the surface. Sub-surface models of wobblers, rotating and oscillating spoons ...

I suggest you, friends, to watch a video about catching peacock perch in the Amazon. The film was shot by the Ukrainian fisher-traveler Yuri Petrash. A lot of bitings, a lot of emotions, a lot of fish in the frame. In the process of catching a story about tackles and lures for catching this amazing beautiful fish ...

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