Steve Houseknecht of Cortland NY, and Dick Wescott of Jordan NY, traveled earlier this year to Brazil to fish for peacock bass — a true Amazon adventure. Also on the trip were Steve’s son, Philip, and long-time friend Doug Albertson on Pa. Steve and Doug share their unique experiences in the following video slideshow. Introduction by Syracuse Post-Standard Outdoor editor Dave Figura. Visit www.syracuse.com for more news and multimedia.
here in southamerica qe call peacock bass “tucunare”.
they are known for breaking #9 fly rods easily.
no matter what they tell you, you won’t regret checking out these waters.
haha a 90 pound fish on 8 pound test that must have been fun
so many things to eat, they invent to eat the fish.
I hate when ever ppl eat the rare fish or animals. This is crime. They are not your food, belong to mother nature. we need to protect them. gosh..
@pwnedbyfishies well, i meant 2 say that the red and the black are the 2 MAIN species.
i dont like this video very much because there are so many mistakes like @2:31 there are a lot more and at 3:10 they rarely eat birds and 3:40 they are hydrolycus armatus or vampire tetra and @3:46 they are NOT alligators they are caimen
@Mink70 there are more than 75 species of them. do some research plz
@WolfJuiceProductions yup, theres only 2 species of pirahnah, the red and black.
@WolfJuiceProductions thats actually how they pronounce it
@brianoe15 to clarify….. you spelled arowana wrong, and a pirarucu is another name for an arapaima gigas not an arow
@misper34 go to Guyana.. there English speaking and part of the Amazon, so you will get the same fishes too
Nice video. About how much would it cost to book a trip like this? Just curious. My passport expires in a few years and I have given alot of thought to doing something like this before I have to renew it.
When yuppies pay to fish…it’s always a bore fest.
“We caught two different species of PIRANYA” Haha
you dumbasee pirarucu is another name for arapaima.
to clarify…… in Brazil aruana are know as pirarucu… they are only allowed to be sportcaught on a catch and release basis…commercially caughtfish under 6 feet are illegal…..(though it stilll happens) this is because they do not reach spawning age under this size…..I have eaten most of the major species of amazon fish and the pirarucu is by far the best tasting so it is NOT only asians that eat them
Are they a good eating fish.
It’s because they didn’t have it in their region -_-!
Nice! Ur Right Chinese only go for arowana
dam i dont care about the arowana n the bass well the bass looks kool but bring home the vampire piranha man thats a nice fish, n some asians dont really care n pay for those fish just mostly large mouth bass n small mouth bass n chinese go for arowana i think but nice trip
next time bring a sandwich for lunch and release the fish so the next person can catch and release too ….. you see its a cycle so you dont deplete the fishing populations . If you dont , one day there wont be many fish to catch and your rod and reel will make great paperweight displays !
lump on head means its a female…… not a male idiot
stupid asian pay a lot of money for this shit
what an exciting adventure!
Arowana wouldn’t be that good eating as you would get a mouthful of bones