LEGENDARY FIN NOR AHAB SPINNING REELS

Looking for a top of the line spinning reel which is capable of handling anything an angler will encounter? Cabelas currently has on sale the legendary Fin Nor Ahab spinning reels in various sizes.

These reels have a patented megadrag that measures nearly an inch and one half in diameter--up to twice the size of the drag washers in other spinning reels. Bigger is better especially when hooking the fish of a lifetime!!

Cabelas currently has them on sale for $89.99 retail $269.99

http://www.cabelas.com/

POTENTIAL WORLD RECORD PEACOCK BASS

On Feb 9, 2010 angler Bill Gassmann of Des Moines, Iowa, caught a potential World Record Peacock Bass weighing in at 28lbs. The old record was 27lbs caught by Doc Lawson on Dec 4 1994.

Gassmann was fishing a clown colored Luhr Jensen Big Game Woodchopper slim in clown coloration and was fishing a tributary of the Upper Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon.

Gassmann's guide, Aldeni "Elvis" Fonseca immediately knew the significance of the catch and urged Gassmann to return to the Capt. Peacock Houseboat.

The peacock measured 37 inches long with a girth of 25 inches and is pending certification by the IGFA.

ST. JOHN RIVER LARGEMOUTH BASS

Good friend Gary Clark had a excellent day of fishing for monster largemouth bass on the St. John's River with Capt. Eddie Bussard. Gary along with friend Dan Baisore, caught 4 over 8lbs, 1 over 9lbs, and his personal best at a monster 13lbs!! A total of 25 were caught!

Capt. Eddie runs Bass Challenger Guide Service in Orlando Florida
www.basschallenger.com phone 18002415314 and 4072738045

Gary has fished numerous top destinations around the world and rates Capt. Eddie as one of the best guides in the business. Capt Eddie has been in the guiding business for over 30 years. Give him a call ASAP to get into the fantastic bass action!!

PUMICE CREEK LODGE, ALASKA PENINSULA

I talked with Pumice Creek Lodge owner, Gary LaRose, and there are a few openings to fish for silver salmon the week of September 4th to 11th. Pumice Creek is located on the Alaska Peninsula and offers daily flyouts to the Cinder River for silvers or to Lava Creek for char. The Cinder River is one of the best silver salmon rivers in the world and you will have the entire river to yourself and other members of your party. For information contact Gary LaRose at akpen@aol.com

LAKE WINNEBAGO STURGEON SPEARING COMES TO AN END

The often controversial sturgeon spearing season came to an end on Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin after the quota set by the Wisconsin DNR was met. The quota was reached in 6 days. The DNR allows the spearing of 350 juvenile females, 700 adult females, and 1000 male sturgeon. Every February, over 3000 portable ice shanties are set-up throughout Lake Winnebago for a chance to harvest a sturgeon. This year a monster 212lbs 84.2in sturgeon was speared. For those not familiar, a hole in cut through the ice where a fish decoy is dropped into waiting for a sturgeon to swim by where it is then speared with the use of a pronged spear.

POTENTIAL WORLD RECORD BUTTERFLY PEACOCK BASS

Last week River Plate Anglers, http://www.riverplateanglers.com/, reported that fisherman, Mr. George Walters caught the World Record Butterfly Peacock Bass which weighed slightly over 17lbs. The record is pending certification by IGFA. The butterfly peacock was caught on the Rio Urubaxi in the Brazilian Amazon on a topwater prop lure.

The current World Record Butterfly Peacock was caught by Antonio Campa G. on the Chiguao River in Bolivar State, Venezuela accordiing to IGFA and weighed 12lbs 9oz.

The Butterfly Peacock is native to South America, but can also be found in places such as Miami. The butterfly peacock normally has three dark yellow-fringed blothes along the lateral midsection as opposed to normal three black bars on the bigger speckled Peacocks. Normally the butterfly peacocks grow to 3 to 4 lbs.

RIO NEGRO PEACOCK BASS REPORT FOR FEB 7 TO 14

Friend, Dan Hanon, fished the Rio Negro in the Amazon jungles of Brazil during the week of Feb 7-14 on the BlackWater Explorer houseboat ran by River Plate Anglers. This was Dan's first crack at jungle peacocks. He had a wonderful experience catching peacocks to 18lbs and numerous pirhanas! In all Dan landed 372 fish and had a great one day total of 120!

As most first time peacock fishermen, Dan is now hooked and plans to return to the Land of the Giant Peacock Bass ASAP!!

KLURES PEACOCK RIPPER LURES

Kermitt Adams of www.klures.com has replaced the Halloween coloration with Jacunda and added Amazon gold and River Flash to his assortment of peacock bass ripper lures. Check out these fantastic lures at www.klures.com

GREAT PIKE ARTICLE

Friend, Steve Ryan, has written a fantastic article on pike ice fishing in the "IN-FISHERMAN" February 2010 issue. In the article "INTERCEPTING PIKE- AS THEY PACK ON THE POUNDS" Steve gives numerous tips for catching gigantic pike over 30lbs through the ice in such places as Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan with guide Kurt Stein, bigstrike.com and Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan, with guide Robert Schulz, gsmarina.com

To catch the pike of your dreams I highly recommend you pick up a copy!!

TAYACU II PRODUCING ON GIANT PEACOCKS

During the week of Jan 30 to Feb 6 a few friends fished on the Tayacu II houseboat. The Tayacu II is a smaller version of the Tayacu, but constructed with 4 staterooms with showers and toilets. Two bedrooms are on the upper deck while two bedrooms are on the lower deck.

A total of 9 fishermen were onboard the Tayacu II. They departed Barcelos and headed up the Cuiuni River for 3 1/2 days passing numerous fishing boats. The further they went the better the fishing was. The Tayacu II has a very low draft allowing it to navigate in very shallow water levels whereas most other houseboats cannot.

All caught many good sized peacock bass and there were 5 grandes over 20lbs caught. Best lures were the Caribe Jigs and Pavon Props.

The water levels rose about 3 inches during their week.

For more information on this trip contact

Steve Yatomi

http://www.adventuretravelalliance.com/

zato1@earthlink.net

18002543474

ITAPARA LODGE BRAZIL AMAZON

HAD TO OPPORTUNITY TO FISH OUT OF ITAPARA LODGE IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON FOR GIANT PEACOCK BASS DURING JAN 27TH TO FEB 2ND. THE WATER LEVELS ARE EXTREMELY LOW WHICH CAUSED THE BITE TO BE OFF. ALL OF OUR GRANDE PEACOCKS WERE CAUGHT ON LIVE BAIT ON LARGE CIRCLE HOOKS. MY LARGEST PEACOCKS WERE 21,19,19,18,17,17,15,AND 15LBS. MOST OF THE GRANDES COULD BE SEEN ON THE BEDS. LURES ONLY PRODUCED SMALL BUTTERFLY PEACOCKS WILL THE TOPWATER PROP LURES PRODUCED NOTHING. BELIEVE THE RIVER WILL NOT FISH IN A WEEK OR 2 DUE TO LOW WATER WHERE THE BOATS ARE UNABLE TO NAVIGATE THE RIVER.