São Francisco River

One of the most challenging Brazilian fishes, caught under a Trout BFS custom gear. *5.5' Custom Carbon Rod (6lb, medium-slow action). *Calcutta Conquest 51 BFS Custom *Fast-sinking minnow (5g)

Another giant Piranha and several White ones, costing me several plugs. Some peacock basses too.

Just arrived from the fishing spot. Tested my new BFS setup: 5.3'/6lb graphite rod, banax bfs reel and a slow-sinking twitch bait. Only one action, the peacock bass trick above.

The conditions for fishing are the worst possible for fishing back home. The river flow is unstable, ranging from 800m3/s to 2500m3/s in just one day. After fishing in a extreme hot day, I caught three Trahiras and broke my favorite rod... Not a day to remember fondly... The Trahira is the most popular Brazilian sport fish since its occurs naturally in every single region in the country. It strikes every kind of lures in the water, using ambushing from dark places in logs, plants and rocky crevices, on calm, boggish waters. It's a very valiant fish, one of the few species able to figh in equal terms against the voracious peacock bass. It's not uncommon to see a Trahira strike the lure again, right after being catched and released.

Caught two peacock basses today,using a 5g twitch bait (KV Lips Jr.). The erratic swimming nature makes twitch baits a very effective choice for Peacock basses, floating ones for a topwater or subsurface take. Or sinking ones, for deeper depths, using the countdown technique. #2020BassOff

Another very good Peaock bass fishing day! 7 catches, 5 of them on my power BFS setup using a Calcutta 51XT and a 10LB carbon rod. Several Piranhas were caught too. #2020BassOff

A five-pounder peacock bass, caught under a finesse-oriented set-up. What a fight! It fought hard, but clean! #2020BassOff

Today's superb peacock bass fishing adventure! Brazilian winter calls for sinking twitch baits usage. Countdown, controlled sinking, scouting strutuctures from 0 to 10m in depth. #2020BassOff