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The World of Peacock Bass Sample Issue Official Newsletter/eZine of the Peacock Bass
Association In This Issue:
TAM Airlines New Flight Schedule - TAM airlines is changing their departure and arrival times for their roundtrip Miami/Manaus Brazil flights starting on February 16, according to sources. Until February 16, Saturday, TAM will continue to depart Miami at 5:15 pm and arrive in Manaus at 11:20 pm. It will return from Manaus at 11:50 am and arrive in Miami at 4:00 pm (all local times). Starting on February 17, Sunday, TAM will then depart Miami at 6:15 pm (one hour later) and arrive in Manaus at 20 minutes after midnight. The return flight from Manaus to Miami leaves at 12:50 pm and arrives in Miami at 5:00 pm in the afternoon.
Fishing Tip: Quick Strips On The Fly - For fly fishermen interested in peacock bass, Larry Schoenborn, a PBA
Supporting Member and owner of Fishing With Larry offers the following tips on stripping, "counting down" and the
use of multiple rods. "I have three 9-weight fly rods rigged in the boat at all times, one with a Teeny T-200 flyline, one
with a Teeny T-300 and one with a floating or short sink-tip line," he says. "The floating line or short sink-tip is for use
with poppers or for peacocks in ultra shallow water or mossy areas. The T-300 line is for fishing the deeper waters of
lagoons and lakes where peacocks may be along the bottom, often 10 to almost 20-foot deep. I use the T-200 flyline
about 70 to 80% of the time. It's less work and requires less effort over the course of a day because you'll make lots of casts. The big trick with the Teeny T-200
New Bolivian Visa Requirements - PBA members should be aware of new visa requirements for American citizens entering Bolivia as tourists. The Bolivian government has announced that effective December 1, 2007, U.S. citizens seeking to enter Bolivia as tourists must obtain an entry visa. An unofficial translation of a diplomatic note received by the U.S. Embassy from the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (National Immigration Service) describes the procedures for U.S. citizens applying for Bolivian tourist visas at Bolivian international airports and other ports of entry.
For further definition of these requirements, visit the webpage: http://bolivia.usembassy .gov/wm11302007.html. Additional information about this new visa requirement will be on the US Embassy's website at http://bolivia.usembassy.gov.
We Get Mail Here are some of the short emails and news releases we have received with topics that might be of interest to all members. I always encourage PBA Members to email brief comments or news to us.
"Hi Kadu, Thanks for the interesting email. I appreciate knowing about such a rare find in the jungle. You just never know where the books or DVD will pop up. Hope the "catch-and-release" sportfishing theme of my books and videos impact all the Brazilians. Sharing knowledge is what I have been trying to do for 38 years as an outdoor writer and your help with the translation should help others learn what a valuable sportfish the peacock bass is. Take care," - Larry Lure Help For First Trip - "Larry, I have been member for three years, and I just sent in my dues for 2008. Please
help me. I am going on one of the floating barge trips with a friend in early 2008. I have never fished Peacock Bass
before, so please direct me to a list of baits that I must
"Hi Ron, Just got back from Brazil and a barge camp. Caught 23 over 10 pounds all on topwater tail-spinner lures. I would take 4 to 6 Giant Woodchoppers (6 3.4 inch long fire tiger, black/orange and clown colors), 4 to 6 other topwater tail-spinner lures that are 5 1/2 to 6 inches long, such as Rip Rollers and Pavon Props, 8 good jigs with heavy hooks, 6 Yozuri minnowbaits (with 3x or 4x heavy hooks replacing the factory ones and a couple of large spoons. Golf gloves for your hands will save you a lot of blisters, cuts and sun damage. Why not put up a post on the forum and ask others for their opinions. They will have them! You can also do a search for lure comments on the forum. We have a category also on tackle suggestions/comments: http://www .peacockbassassociation.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=24b4ac2ddfb514bdc414b7776853e5a0 I would also suggest some soft plastic minnow-type baits. Your booking agent/outfitter should have a list of recommended lures which has been fine-tuned over many years in business. Also visit our Products and Services section of our World Peacock Bass Directory for the four (4) PBA online stores that offer lures at our Products Directory Page. There you will find another 5 or 6 manufacturers of lures and tackle with their contact information as well. All offer quality products for peacock bass fishermen. The tendency for most anglers on their first trip is to take too much stuff. Don't be afraid to ask some of your group's anglers to borrow a hot bait. Most peacock bass chasers are great people who won't mind loaning you something not in your tackle bag. Best of luck to you." Larry 14 K Gold Peacock - "Larry this question and comment came in from a client last week. He asked if this was a different peacock (species) or just a color pigment (abomination). He also mentioned that the fish was actually 14 K gold in color. It weighed 21.4 pounds on a digital scale." A. S. "Hi A.S., I have seen a few fish with similar color schemes/patterns (up to a 13 pounder). This is the largest of any (sporting such a combo). I kind of think it is an intergrade (cross between 2 species). It has the pattern of two or more different species. I have seen a few fish with what looks to be a fungus on the side which can distort the pattern to something similar. Don't know if this was more of a fungus-based pattern/color scheme or not. That's my best guess. Have a big fish day!" Larry Peru Payara On The Fly "Hi Larry, I thought that I would let members know about a nice place that I have for Payara . It is especially good for fly fishermen. Should they need more info they can contact me at marcel@sportfishingperu .com or visit my website at www.sportfishingperu.com. Also, I wanted to ask you if I can use your PBA logo on our website? Be in touch with you. Best Regards," Marcel G. "Hi Marcel, Yes you may add our logo to your site. Most of our supporting members have our PBA logo
Heard of Central American Peacocks? - I get emails from lots of people like Deborah G.,
who wrote, "We are planning a trip to Belize. Are there any peacock bass in the rivers
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$25,000 Give-Away in Trip Incentives! Take advantage of a substantial discount on your next trip to South America! Several PBA Supporting Member
Agents and Outfitters are once again extending some fantastic offers to those signing up for (or renewing their membership with) our 3-Year PBA Executive Individual
Membership and they've upped the ante! How does $250 off your next trip sound? Can you say, "Amazon Explorer, Amazon Cutter, Blackwater Explorer Yacht, River Plate Fly-In Floating Camp,
Pasimoni/Pasiba River Lodges, Amazon Santana, Santana I, Captain Peacock Expeditions, Amazon Adventurer, Peacock Bass Pro Lodge,
and Amazon Fringe Trips"? All PBA members can take advantage of this offer by extending your membership now or when you renew (most will renew in December). To do so, you simply
sign up for the 3-Year Executive Individual Membership for just $129.95. You'll receive 3 years of PBA eZines and benefits AND one $250 Trip Discount Certificate
which is valid anytime after enrollment and before April 1, 2011 at your choice of one of the 11-plus participating operations/destinations. They currently include: Peacock Bass Trips
.com - Don Cutter, Acute Angling - Paul Reiss, Worldwide Angling - David Caywood, FishQuest - Judith Weible and
Peacock Bass Pro Tours - DeWayne Pyatt. From our Certificate participants, you'll be able to choose from more than 8 yachts/houseboats and 9 camps/lodges in Brazil and Venezuela.
Certificate Value: One $250 Trip Discount Certificate per member issued with serial number and PBA authorized signature. (Note: To further maintain control of
appropriate certificate usage, all participating PBA Supporting Members will be supplied with the name and address of the Individual Certificate holders.) Booking Procedure:
Participating Supporting Members will schedule and confirm an individual certificate holder's trip at the time of booking the reservation and honor the $250 discount off their
current price for that specific week. Note: (This offer cannot be combined with other special offers. All participating
Supporting Members have agreed to do so for the 3-year period specified, and I hope all members appreciate their generosity!). 
New Peacock Bass Spinning Reels Introduced By Shimano - Our members are sometimes interested in spinning reels for peacock
bass, and PBA Supporting Member Shimano has introduced some larger size spinning reels in 2008 that will foot the bill nicely. The new Stradic FI Series reels in 4000 and 5000 sizes offer new
technology that won the "Best New Freshwater Reel" award in the recent Tackle Trade Show (ICAST) New Product Showcase in Las Vegas. Shimano's reel development team spent nearly three years
coming up with new spinning innovations: Paladin Gear Durability Enhancement, Propulsion Line Management System and the Aero Wrap II Oscillation System, according to media contact John
Mazurkiewicz. The Propulsion Line Management System also includes the SR-Concept One-Piece Bail wire to reduce friction and
tangles, a twist-reducing Power Roller III line roller, a bail trip mechanism that easily trips the bail by turning the
handle, and Shimano's S-Arm Cam. Their Aero Wrap II Oscillation System provides uniform line lay and winding shape.
The 4000FI and 5000FI are constructed with an aluminum frames, graphite sideplates and rotors, and aluminum
spools, and they retail for a very reasonable $180. For more information on the reels, including gear ratio, line
capacity and handle grip shape specifications, visit their website at www.shimano.com or see your local dealer.
Indian Fishing Permits Signed - Rod & Gun Resources Inc. and River Plate Anglers have
announced they have exclusive and extensive fishing rights permits with Brazil's Tenharin Indians, a large Amazon group of villages in the Madeira River systems, tributaries and
headwater streams. "For the first time, we are able to fish several of these remote waters that have never been sport fished by Americans before," says JW Smith, co-owner of Rod & Gun.
"This is exciting news that will allow us to take clients into areas of the Amazon jungle that are
teeming with wildlife. On my initial visit, I saw the largest caiman I have ever seen and more birdlife than at any other place. I saw deer swimming in the river and a 25-foot anaconda, only
the second anaconda that I have ever seen after numerous trips in the Amazon." For more information, contact JW Smith, Rod & Gun Resources, at 800-211-4753 or email him at
venture@rodgunresources.com. 
or Teeny T-300 is to use a count-down retrieve technique and start
counting as soon as fly hits the water. Usually you are casting towards the shoreline and
should quickly strip up any slack so your line is taut." Larry further explains his tactics. He suggests "playing games" with different retrieves while working this count system into
every cast. That way, you'll know the depth of takes and develop a relationship with the bottom, according to the expert fly angler. "You'll do best with long fast strips," he
continues. "Quite often I'll retrieve five or six quick strips and then stop for a six count
before retrieving again. You normally can do this twice per cast. The Teeny T series, along
with other brands of 20 to 24-foot heads, sink about 1/2 foot per second. It's not unusual
when fishing lakes or lagoons to have your best success for big peacocks come after an initial count of 20 to 24
before retrieving." For those fly fishermen interested in more info, Larry has a 40-page booklet, "Fly Fishing for
Peacock Bass" available. For price and details, contact him at Fishing With Larry at 1-800-205-3474 or email to larry@fishingwithlarry.com.
Peacock Bass Country Weather Report - You'll now find a new, helpful addition to the
PBA website: the Weather Report for Barcelos, Brazil including a 10-day forecast. Check it out on our 
New QuesTackle Catalog Features New Lures - The new QuesTackle
catalog is just back from the printer, according to Judith Weible, Managing Director. The 52-page, full-color catalog features 16 new peacock bass lures,
Amazon Grade clothing and just about everything else you can imagine to outfit an Amazon angling adventure. "You will find new Rippers, new flies,
subsurface sensations, soft plastics and spoon-size superstars," she says. "If you would like to get one of the new catalogs, please give us a call and we'll
rush one right out to you." You'll find that the entire catalog is interspersed with "Priming for Peacock Bass & Payara" hints and tips. Weible notes that
we should pay careful attention to page 46. (Guess I'll have to order one to see what is there.-LL) The QuesTackle website has been reorganized by
category (such as topwater lures) rather than just by brand to make shopping a lot easier, he also points out. You may visit their website at www
.questackle.com to order one of the new catalogs or call 1-888-891-3474.
Fishing Tip: Productive Casting Secrets - Here are a couple of great tips for improving your
catch when fishing Amazon tributaries from J.W. Smith, a PBA Supporting Member and co-owner
of Rod & Gun Resources. "Many of our fisheries have clear to light tea-colored water, and I feel
that it's important in these waters to make long casts, away from the boat," he says. "Big fish
are aware of the boat. If you can see them, they can see you. A second sight fishing tip is that
sometimes a (very productive) cast is to throw the lure or fly about two or three feet behind a
big peacock bass. That fish will often turn and strike!" For more information email J.W. at venture@rodgunresources.com. 
Water Levels Going Up and Down - We have had a lot of postings on the PBA Forum about the water levels in the Amazon Basin over the past month.
Several operators called off their trips during most of January due to the rapid level increases in late December. Many have just started them back up
this week as some tributaries have fallen rapidly and are again fishable. Much of the big water is still high but falling. There has not been any rain in
the upper Rio Negro watershed in the past 10 to 20 days and that is promising for the months of February and March. My wife and I were caught
in the high waters the week before and fishing was tough indeed (with the exception of a fair amount of 20-pound plus fish). As always, my biggest fish
of the week, a 21 pounder, is shown in the "Larry's Log" section of the PBA website along with brief info on that most recent trip. I believe that by the
time you are reading this issue, the fishing should be very good again most everywhere unless extensive rain visits the watershed prior to that. Let's keep our fingers crossed! 
The sworn statement for visa application form 
Newsletter/eZine in Spanish & Portuguese - PBA Supporting Member Andres Jara of
International Angling (Refugio Nimajay) wrote to indicate that while he was in Colombia on his way to fish the Bita River he was trying to promote PBA in that country. He then commented
that the anglers there just couldn't see joining the PBA if they could not understand English. He noted that most educated people read and understand it, but the masses don't. I've
mentioned our website's translation capabilities before but it probably is the time for a "refresher" update. Spanish-reading members can simply click on the appropriate Babel Fish
translation flag (Spanish is lower right hand corner of the flags and Portuguese is the one just
to the left of it) at the bottom of the left-hand sidebar of each website page to see that page
in Spanish! They can also click in the same translation box to see each Newsletter translated into Spanish. There are actually 8 languages that the website and eZine can be translated
into. Of course, a few words like "bass" don't translate well. All members should tell their non-English speaking friends to try it. 
Contest Entries Welcome - Its time to get your pictures together and fill out the PBA World Trophy Peacock Bass Contest Entry Form and submit it. The deadline is April 1, and everyone that enters
will get a great prize. All members entering a "teener" fish photo will receive a tackle prize (line or
lure) worth more than $10 and their photo will be posted on the PBA website. Remember also that
a Third Prize Award of an Amazon Grade Clothing package including tactical fishing shirt, zip-off
pants and Activewear fishing jersey from QuesTackle will go to an entrant selected via a random drawing of all PBA members with entries. You can't miss so send your entry today.
El Nino Pattern in Play For Early Season - "The fall peacock bass season has begun
with a faster-than-normal drawdown of waters in the southern Amazon. This is typical during years in which the El Nino climate pattern is dominant in the western Hemisphere.
The trend appears to bode well for peacock bass anglers. At present our camp/boat operators are anticipating fishable levels through most of the season, with the occasional
"hiccup" of quickly rising waters in some of the Rio Negro tributaries. While FishQuest has scattered open slots throughout the season, airlines serving Manaus and Caracas
are already heavily booked during the peak December-January period. The few seats that are available are typically commanding higher airfares, so if you're going to the Amazon
and haven't booked your flights, it's time to get moving." - G.S. of FishQuest 
Video In The Jungle - "Dear Larry: I was at the beautiful and very shallow Athauai River (near the mouth of the Paduari River) in the
upper Rio Negro area last week when I was invited to dinner on a small Brazilian-operated fishing boat called Angatu. They had a
small generator and just one little TV hooked up to a DVD player. Guess which DVD they played and asked me to translate? When I
told them that I was your friend and showed them my book (Peacock Bass Explosions) with your autograph, they could not
believe it. They asked me how a "gringo" could know so much about peacock bass. By the way, the DVD was not a pirated copy. Take care my friend," Kadu M. 
have for the trip. Thank you," Ron S.
on their pages to show that they are affiliated with the only professional association on peacock bass. If you
hard link the PBA logo on your site to our home page, then we will hard link your website mention in our Contact List to your website also. Click 
there? Thank you!" I've been queried numerous times about their presence in all Central
American countries and Mexico. I have to reply, "No, only in Panama in Central America. The word
of this exciting fish is out and the sheer number of inquiries that I now receive proves that. Today,
our PBA website is getting about 20 times the number of hits that we received just two years ago as further testimony that many sportsmen and women have heard of peacock bass now.
Wouldn't it be great if a couple of Central American countries would stock the speckled peacock bass (Cichla temensis) in their remote, warm waters?