The Fishing:

The waters of Tambopata River offers us a variety of fishes such as Payaras, Pacu (Giant Piranha), Catfish (Zungaros, Piros, Surubim, etc.) We usually fish for Payara with spinning and casting tackle. There’s a lot of black volcanic rocks in the river an the Payara hunt sardines very close to the shore. The technique is to cast from the rocks lures like rapala’s magnum or sliver, rebel fast track or jawbreaker.

Pacu’s takes only fruits and fish meat, so we use sardines for bait and hooks and weights with multifilament lines on the reels. They are really strong.

We use the same technique with all the catfish.

For a typical Peru fishing tour, a sport fisherman needs a good pair of boots, t shirts, cap, wind jacket, a belt bait box, one 7 footer spinning medium rod for Payara, one 7 footer medium heavy rod for Pacu and catfish, different sinking and trolling lures, a lot of natural bait, hooks and weights.

Season :

The fishing season starts early July and end in late October. The better months are August, September and October. Full moon is not recommended.

The Weather :

Dry and sunny climate from June to October and extremely humid during the rainy season from November to May.

PLEASE, TELL US YOUR EXPECTATION AND WE DESIGN A FISHING EXCURSION FOR YOU!