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Larry's Peacock Bass Log The following data represents an accurate
accounting of Larry Larsen's personal best catches as he travels the world in search of peacock bass (PB). It is updated after each trip.
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 Catch Photo From My Most Recent Trip -
When & Where: January 2008, Wet-A-Line's Amazon Santana Yacht on the upper Rio Negro watershed. This 21-lb peacock bass caught in a blackwater lagoon off the pretty
Rio Preto jumped on a fire-tiger, 6-in Caribe Lure Pavon Prop.This monster is Larry's 26th fish over 20 pounds.
- No. of PB over 10 pounds
= 1,844
- No. of PB "Teeners" (13#s to 19#s)
= 578
- No. of PB over 20 pounds
= 26 (in 13 different watersheds; Brazil - 24, Venezuela - 2)
- Total No. of Trips after PB
= 70 (incl. 49 to Brazil)
- Trips to Waters with Grande (3-bar) PB
= approx. 53
- Countries Fished for PB
= 6 - Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Panama, USA (Hawaii & Florida)
- First PB Trip
= October 1988 Lake Guri, Venezuela
- Largest PB
= Two 25-pounders, one on the lower Rio Unini, Brazil on Black/Orange Woodchopper in November, 2002 and the other on Rio Caures, Brazil on a Giant Fire Tiger Woodchopper in October 2007
- Largest butterfly PB
= 10.5 pounds (IGFA World Record for 7 years) caught in March 1994 on Rio Branco tributary, Brazil on Woodchopper
- Largest PB "double" on one plug
= 30 pounds (17.0#er and 13.0#er on parrot-colored Woodchopper in February 2003 on upper Rio Unini, Brazil
- Largest "double" with partner
= 44.5 pounds (Larry's 25#er and Ruede Wheeler 19.5#s) in November 2002 on Rio Unini, Brazil
- Longest PB
= 39 inches (a 22.5#er on a minnowbait caught in Rio Pasimoni, Venezuela lagoon in Feb. 2002)
- Best day for no. of "Teeners"
= 13 in November 2006, on upper Rio Unini, Brazil
- Best week for "Teeners"
= 25 in Feb. 2003 on Rio Unini, Brazil
- Best week for PB over 15 pounds
= 18 in March 2002 on Rio Cuini, Brazil
- Highest number of PB in one day
= 67 on Rio Agua Boa, Brazil in the early 1990s when size didn't matter.
- Highest number of PB in one week
= 415 on Rio Agua Boa, Brazil in the early 1990s.
- No. of PB World Records (Line Class)
= 7 set on Rio Pasimoni, Venezuela; Rio Curimoni, Venezuela; Rio Amazon, Peru in the 1990's (4 remain active)
- Inducted Into Fishing Hall of Fame
- February 1999 Hayward, WI
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