Scientific name:
Pseudoplatystoma Fasciatum
Family:
Pimelodidae
Description:
Catfish.
Long and plump body; large and flat head. The three species are
very similar, and can be identified especially by the
patterned spot.
The Caparari can also be
differentiated from de Surubim by
the narrowing of the head. They can be longer then 3.5 ft and weigh
around 44 lb.
Baits:
They are
captured especially with natural fish bait and cuted fish.
Artificial lures like middle water and deep water plugs can also be
used.
Tips:
Watch out
for the spiny pectoral and dorsal fins when handling the
fish.
Scientific name:
Brachyplathstoma Flavicans
Family:
Pimelodidae
Description:
Silver head
and a light color body with golden streaks, after which it is named.
It has long lobules on the caudal fin and short barbells. It is a
large fish, which can be 4.8 ft long and weigh 44
lb.
Baits:
Life baits
and cuted fish.
Tips:
It's fishing
is carried out in the beds of large rivers, in the ponds and stretches
following river raped and stony areas. It's a very good
fighter, providing greats excitement to the sport fisherman. Watch out
not to get hurt by it's stings when handling it.
Scientific name:
Brachyplathstoma
Filamentosum
Family:
Pimelodidae
Description:
Dark color, big head, and small eyes. It can weigh
661 lbs and be 6.4 feet long, but the especimens captured nowadays
weigh less than 22 lb. The ones weighing up 132 lb are known as
Filhote (that means youngster).
Extra-heavy equipment should be
used because the the size of this fish. A medium-size especimen of
about 220 to 330 lbs can take hours fighting before getting tired
and surrendering.
Bait:
Cut fish.
Tips:
During several time of the year it's not unusual
to see Piraiba swimming on the river surface, usually catch the
Piraiba in the confluence of the rivers. We use a whole medium
-sized fish as bait, Ipiraiba can even drag the canoe for several
kilometers.
Scientific name:
Paulicea lutkeni
Family:
Pimelodidae
Description:
Catfish. One of the largest hide fish (it can
longer than 59 inches and weigh more than 220lbs).its body is thick
and short; large flat head. The color can vary from light
brownish-green to a darker shade on the back, with a white abdomen;
the "youngsters" have light spots on their back.
Baits;
Only natural baits such as small
scale fish and
giant worms.
Tips:
This bottom fish can be caught in the deep pools
under the rapids, especially at night.
Scientific name:
Phratcephalus
Emiliopterus
Family:
Pimelodidae
Description:
Catfish, large size. One of it's characteristics
is the enormous size of it's head, with a strong bones and with a
pre-dorsal bone plate. It's one of the most colorful catfish in the
Amazon Region. It's colors are very beautiful with a greenish brown
back, yellowish middle part of the body and the whitish abdomen. The
dorsal and caudal fins are sort of orange. It can excite 4.2 ft long
and weigh a little over a 110 lb.
Bait:
This species is caught exclusively with natural
bait, whole fish or in filets.
Tips:
The best for the pirarara fishing is the dry
season, on river mouths or a long the main channel.
Others Amazon's Sport
Fishes
Scientific name:
Boulengerella Spp
Family:
Ctenoluciidae
Description:
Scale fish. Long and plump body; pointy and rough
mouth, which makes it difficulty to be hooked; the color pattern can
very from one species to another, and the B. ocellata shows an
eyespot on the caudal fin. The largest samples can be as long as 4.2
ft and weigh 13 lb.
Bait:
Artificial lures, such as top water and middle
water plugs, spoon and spinners are the most common for the bicuda
fishing, however natural baits like small fish or piece of fish can
also be used.
Tips:
The friction should be well adjusted because the
bicuda usually takes on a lot of line when it is caught. Use very
sharp hooks to make the catch easier.
Scientific name:
Hoplias Lacerdae
Family:
Erythrynidae
Description:
Scale fish that can be of 44 lb and longer then
3.2 ft, it's color is almost black on the back, gray on the sides
and whitish abdomen.
Bait:
Natural baits as pieces of fish. Lures also very
productive, especially surface and middle water plugs, spinner baits
and spoons.
Tips:
Be careful when removing the hook from the
trairão's mouth because it's bite is strong and it's teeth are
sharp.
Scientific name:
Cichla spp
Family:
Cichlidae
Description:
Scale fish. There are at least 14 species of
peacock bass in the Amazon, but five have been officially recognized
so far: Cichla Ocellaris, C. Temensis, C. Monoculus, C. Orinocensis,
C. Intermedia. The size can vary: adult can go from 1 ft to over 3.2
ft long and weigh up 28 lb or more. The color may be either
yellowish, greenish, reddish, almost black, etc. The shape as well
as the number of spots, also vary: they  can be big, black and vertical; or white
evenly distributed throughout the body and fins. It varies quite a
lot from one subspecies to another. However all peacock bass have a
round spot on the caudal pedicel.
Bait:
Basically all kinds of lures
can used to attack the peacock bass, but surface plug fishing is the
most exciting the peacock bass "explodes" on the surface to catch
the little fish.
 Description:
Scale fish very elongated
and laterally compressed
body; vary large mouth, with bony rough
tongue. It is the only
scale fish in Brazil that has sensorial barbells
on it's jaws. Its
large scales, of a white color become reddish during breeding time.
It's can be 3.2 ft long and weigh a little over 11 lb at the Negro
River, another subspecies of a dark color called . Ferrerai, can
also be found.
Bait:
Fly fishing is very attractive also can be caught
with artificial lures such as surface and medium sized plugs and
spoons.
Scientific name:
Hydrolycus Escomberoides
Raphiondom
Vulpinus
Family:
Cynodontidae
Description:
Fish with a tiny scales; silver colored; oblique
mouth; large pectoral fins; elongated and compressed body. species
is known as Cachorra (dog in Portuguese) because of It's very large
canine teeth. they are so big that the top part of the head has to
holes to fit than into when the mouth is closed.
Bait:
Artificial lures such as middle depth plugs,
poppers and spinners. |
