What you Need to Know to Plan a Peacock Bass Fishing Trip |
Won't the mosquitos eat me alive?
No, absolutely not. You're more likely to get mosquito bites while changing planes in Miami. There are actually relatively few mosquitos in Amazonia during the dry season. The tannin-stained lowlands river waters are too acidic to allow mosquito reproduction. The annoying critters can only effectively increase their numbers during the rainy season, when soft, standing water becomes available in the hollows of Bromeliads (jungle plants), in the flooded 'igapo' and in tightly interwined root systems in the primary forest. Make no mistake about it, they could probably lift you by the shoulders and carry you away during the rainy season, but fortunately, we don't fish for peacock bass at that time.
Some of the rivers do have small biting gnats (known as pium) under certain conditions (windless days with overcast skies), but never in oppressive numbers and never where light, tropical fishing clothes won't protect you. Bees and wasps and horse flies are also encountered, generally in numbers similar to those found in the United States. |
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