Some of us came in a day early and decompressed with a relaxing day in Manaus. We visited the fish market and the opera house then enjoyed a great dinner before it was off to the river in the morning. We were fishing by 10:00 AM which added almost a full day to our week! All these peacocks shown below came from our "bonus" day. I had 6 fish over 10 lbs. on this first day with one tipping the scales at 16 lbs.! My trip was made before it even started!
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| A trio of piraucu (arapaimaya). The monster of the Amazon rivers |
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| piraucu (arapaimaya). A hint of things to come. |
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| Surabim catfish |
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| Loading up to get back on the river. |
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| The pilot's GPS. |
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| A visitor for lunch. |
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| The birdlife is amazing! |
