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dang! that is big. Hope to get a chance to do that!. Got the invite to return this year on the Tucuna. Heading back down in October! gonna see if I can talk the local guide on an all day into the hunting grounds for these monsters and maybe several other species.

what time are u all headed to the river?

Rob and I are leaving Bull Shoals tomorrow morning somewhere between 5:30-6:00AM Fri.

Safe Travels!

I have a box of burger patties I can bring and I have a couple bags of charcoal also I dont really use. Ill be there early Friday morning. Bringing a friend along (His peacock bass trip was cancelled due to high water). Might even bring some home made spiced rum if interested.

we did not catch any while there, but here is some pictures from the village. not sure what they are.

it was pretty calm. when the storms came in the little johns were a bit rough when you were out there.. the big boat was anchored on an island in the middle of the river the whole trip so it really never moved unless it was stormy.

I didnt get a chance to do any Catfish fishing. here is a link to a couple other guys I fished with.. and their guides / locals they did a lot of full day excursions.(Im doing that next time) they got to hang out with the locals... they have some catfish in this batch of pictures Let me know if you cant get to this link.. Ill load up some images if you cant. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPz_0qry8-BuensrGvUsDnjHMviI2T5STo5g55mFTTuKKNVCPnnkZtVgI73rvU35w?pli=1&key=Yi05MGk3ajdVUjV5bFJUTkF5T0hTYldCdTJlWlRR

Spectacular! always a great Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. If you wanted to stay out fishing for the day, you just had to ask and they would get you some lunch food options to make/pack for the cooler on your boat for the day. Here is a small sample from one day. 5 star as far as I was concerned.... They even cooked the Caiman tail from an evening Caiman hunt https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/6-K1pZI5TK-v_gymLYBhkg.hbpRmzqiiLjOg2ISiJpWp_

About 6500. air travel roughly 2k - 10 day trip 4k (Food and Drinks provided) - plus 400-500 in tips This trip happens 2x a year October and Feb. The best fishing is the dry months. Aug - Feb

Ill be up for this one. Ill be possibly be bringing another. OK update - I have a room/cabin that sleeps two.. my possible second is now going back to the Amazon for another peacock bass trip, so I have room for another person in my cabin. Ill be bringing Herty Gerty so I have room in the boat also.

about 48 hrs travel time. quite a bit shorter on the return downstream. We left Oct 2nd from springfield to Dallas had a short wait to next flight, then to Panama, layed over there for a few hrs then took our flight to Manaus and landed 3 am the 3rd. Then took a 3+ hr trip through the jungle in a Sprinter van with the gang (really bad roads) , then once at the Tucuna we boarded the boat and spent another 17 hrs upriver on the boat before we got to the reservation where we fished.. the water was extremely low almost the whole trip.. Had Dolphins steal at least one 15 lb Grande after we released it...

maybe this link will work for some videos. Let me know if you can access it. https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/jXoJ9JV6TC2OeGqsnxWKew.sQAp5OBCNNAZyliQPHBjsH