2009 / 2010 Trips
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Peacock Bass
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Blackwater Explorer
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On
the beautiful "Blackwater Explorer"
The Best Value
in the Amazon
$4250 USD

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Air-Conditioned
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Private Baths
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Hot Showers
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High Mobility
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Protected Fishery
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Very Remote and Isolated
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Excellent Fly-Fishing
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No Bugs!
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Safe and Secure
Although our focus
is first and foremost on the absolute best in angling quality, we
accompany the great fishing with great service, air- conditioned comfort,
delicious food and fascinating side trips. Our remarkably low price,
makes this trip the best value in the Amazon. |
Sept. and Oct. 2009 In the Southern Amazon
Fishery
The "Blackwater Explorer" is
returning to the Igapo Acu. Join us to fish
for the world's most exciting gamefish on the Amazon's newest and most
comfortable yacht.
Acute
Angling is featuring 5 exclusive weeks during the peak of the southern
Amazon fishery's fall angling season! This great itinerary
allows us to access several tributaries of the Rio Madeira, including the
Rio Matupiri, the Rio Tupana, the Rio Preto, Lago Tacuia and the Rio Igapo
Acu. Over 300 Miles of majestic, fishable waters with innumerable
big lagoons, winding tributaries, a huge lake and endless fish holding
points. Our mobility allows us to fish as much or as little of this
area as we choose. Depending on fishing conditions, we can sample
all of the various fisheries or choose to concentrate our efforts on the
rivers or sections with optimal water levels and productivity.
This flexibility allows us to find great fishing on all of our trips.
Excellent daily catch averages (20 - 50 or more peacocks per day) with
an excellent average size. Fish in the teens are common and fish
over 22-pounds have been taken here. Great fly fishing opportunities.
Return each evening to the comfort and security of the Blackwater Explorer
Yacht.
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Available Dates - (as of 5/25/09)
Peacock Bass - Fall 2009
"Blackwater Explorer" Yacht Trips
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Charter Departure from Manaus, Brazil
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Charter Return to Manaus, Brazil |
TRIP DESCRIPTION
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1 - September 17, 2009 |
September 24, 2009
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"Blackwater
Explorer" Yacht Trip - Southern Amazon Fishery - Rio Matupiri, Rio Preto
do Igapo Acu. |
Barbara / Paul Reiss
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Peacock Bass
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Brazil
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6+ Days
Fishing - $4250
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2 - September 24, 2009 |
October 1, 2009
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"Blackwater Explorer" Yacht
Trip - Southern Amazon Fishery - Rio Matupiri, Rio Preto do Igapo Acu. |
Barbara / Paul Reiss
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Peacock Bass
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6+ Days
Fishing - $4250
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3 - October 1, 2009 |
October 8, 2009
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"Blackwater Explorer" Yacht
Trip - Southern Amazon Fishery - Rio Matupiri, Rio Preto do Igapo Acu. |
Barbara / Paul Reiss
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Peacock Bass
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6+ Days
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4 - October 8, 2009 |
October 15, 2009
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"Blackwater Explorer" Yacht
Trip - Southern Amazon Fishery - Rio Matupiri, Rio Preto do Igapo Acu. |
Barbara / Paul Reiss
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Peacock Bass
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6+ Days
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5 - October 15, 2009 |
October 22, 2009
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"Blackwater Explorer" Yacht
Trip - Southern Amazon Fishery - Rio Matupiri, Rio Preto do Igapo Acu. |
Barbara
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Peacock Bass
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6+ Days
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Rate per angler, based on double occupancy and not including international
airfare to Manaus, is $3550.00
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Igapo Acu Region
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Depart - Wednesday
evening, Sept. and Oct.
Return - Friday evening, Sept.
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from USA to
Manaus, Brazil.
to USA from Manaus, Brazil. |
Fall 2009 Igapo Acu Sample Itinerary
| Day 1 |
Depart US via International
flight. |
| Day 2 |
Depart Manaus, Brazil.
Transfer to domestic airport for chartered flight to airstrip or
water landing nearest the fishery. Arrive on the yacht and enjoy
lunch. Relax in the afternoon or tell your guide you want to rush
right out for an extra half day of fishing. |
Day 3
through
Day 8 |
Six full days of fishing.
A normal angling day begins with a 5:30 AM wake up call followed by breakfast
at 6:00 AM. Your guide will be ready to depart as early as 6:30 AM,
although you can remain on board at your leisure. Pack a boxed lunch
and relax or take a midday snooze in a hammock on the riverbank.
Return to camp by dusk for appetizers, cocktails and bragging, followed
by a delicious dinner. Depending on our location, anglers may also
enjoy village visits, jungle walks, spotlighting excursions or catfishing. |
| Day 9 |
Transfer back to Manaus via
charter flight. Relax at the Tropical Hotel or book a city tour,
shop or enjoy great Brazilian restaurants. Catch your flight
back to the US or overnight in Manaus, depending on carrier selected. |
These are sample arrangements for these
trips - Due to carriers and conditions, variations can occur.
Note - All river/date
combinations are based on expected water level conditions. The above
groups are planned for the Rio Madeira tributaries. Nature, however,
can be unpredictable. Sometimes the weather causes dry seasons to
begin a little earlier or later than usual. If the seasons shift,
it is possible that we may elect to fish other rivers (the Rio Caures,
Jaupiri, Unini, Abobora, etc.) during some of the dates shown to optimize
fishing conditions and to take advantage of the best water levels.
The Blackwater Explorer Peacock Route
In 1540, Francisco de Orellana became the first European to begin
exploring the Amazon. Almost 500 years later we begin our own Amazon
journey, retracing a portion of Orellana's route. Once we leave the
settled areas of Manaus and Borba we can quickly see that not a lot has
changed in the Amazon's backcountry in nearly half a millennium.
The biggest difference perhaps is in us. We're sitting in air-conditioned
comfort, sipping a caipirinha (Brazil's national drink) in our yacht's
lounge as it steams its way along the fantastic river systems of the Amazon.
The Amazon basin makes its own weather.
The rainforest's strange cycle of flood and dry weather circulates counterclockwise
throughout the Amazon. The optimal season for peacock bass fishing
follows directly behind. As the floods begin to withdraw from the
southern part of the basin in July and August, the Rio Madeira drainage
becomes transformed into the hottest fishery in South America during the
months of September and October. And that's exactly where we're headed.
We start our journey on the main bodies
of the Amazon and the Madeira Rivers, the superhighways of the Amazon Basin.
Here the waters are clouded with suspended particles washed out of the
distant Andes Mountains. The rich sediment provides a fertile base
for the region's flooded forests, the world's densest fish nursery.
Pink "boto" dolphins can be seen cavorting in the coffee colored waters
of these giant rivers, feeding on dense, silver schools of "piaba" (baitfish)
or the always tasty piranha.
As we leave the main rivers for the network
of smaller tributaries, we enter a different, more primitive, world.
Near the mouth of the Rio Preto, we enter a restricted access Indian reservation.
Here we can access the clear black waters of the Rio Autaz Mirrim.
This river's complex network of channels, oxbows and lagoons holds very
big peacock bass. When water levels are right, we may probe this
river for its lunkers and use the opportunity to fine-tune our gear and
our fishing techniques for the giant fishery lying just beyond.
Next, we reach the wide Rio Preto, offering
a varied range of fishable water. It's many points, islands and lagoons
hold peacocks of all sizes, while its rocky outcroppings offer the fly-fisherman
wonderful action just an easy cast away. Small Mura Indian
villages overlook some of the river's strategic travel points. A
northern tributary, the Rio Tupana offers us fine fishing, with great numbers
when water levels draw us here. As we proceed westward, the Rio Preto
meets a major tributary, the Rio Matupiri.
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At the mouth of the Matupiri,
the Rio Preto widens into the strange, fish-laden Lago Tacuia. A
vast 40 mile long flooded forest, Tacuia is a lake without real shorelines.
It's convoluted flooded forest structure provides cover not only for peacock
bass, but for a wide range of Amazonian aquatic species. "Tucuxi"
and "boto" dolphins patrol its open waters, while the quiet flats hold
manatee and the giant, prehistoric, air-breathing piraruccu (arapaima).
Peacock bass of all sizes can be found in its shallow standing timber,
along its deep points and in its serpentine feeder streams. Even
when water levels elsewhere in the system are running high, this strange
and mysterious place provides excellent access to great numbers of peacock
bass. At its western end, the winding Rio Igapo Acu feeds its fish-laden
waters into the lake.
The Rio Matupiri is another target destination
in this great fishery. Totally uninhabited, this gorgeous waterway
offers anglers 100 miles of lagoon studded fishery. There's more
structure and fish habitat here than you can cover in a lifetime.
Closed to commercial fishing and the Brazilian public, the Blackwater Explorer
has been given exclusive permission to fish this river's pristine waters
by the Mura tribe. Giant, open water lagoas, narrow, creek-like igarapes,
small sloughs, oxbows and flooded igapos offer an amazing variety of fishable
water off of the main river, while on the river, lagoon mouths, steep barrancas
and plentiful standing timber provide even more fish-holding structure.
Winding from the west, a big, wide feeder
stream, "Igarape Acu", meanders right through pristine rainforest.
This waterway has yielded many big peacocks during very low water.
At the southern end of the region of lagoons, the Matupiri narrows, becoming
a riverbank fishery. Parana Coari, (a cut caused by seasonal flooding)
provides a rare bit of fast water and defines a long structure-laden island.
New sights, new experiences and new fishing
water to explore, greet the peacock bass angler every day in this amazing
place. At any given time, there are areas with perfect water levels
here. The Explorer's great mobility, combined with the region's huge
range of water types, allows us to probe this entire vast system, find
the best conditions and concentrate our efforts where the fish are.
Our anglers are assured of the greatest possible opportunity for success
and fulfillment on their trip of a lifetime. |
The beautiful Blackwater
Explorer
Built to fish
- The new "Blackwater Explorer" is one of the most attractive yachts sailing
the Amazon basin. Her classic and graceful "Amazonian Regional" design
blends perfectly with the pristine blackwater habitat she calls home.
But more importantly, she's been built to fish. Her broad beam maximizes
her functional interior space while keeping her length manageably short.
This gives her great maneuverability, letting her safely and easily penetrate
into inaccessible, meandering headwaters streams. The yacht's impressively
low draft (she displaces only 1.2 meters) allows her to readily pass shallow
sandbars and obstructions that would keep less efficiently designed boats
back in port.
Designed for fishermen - The Blackwater Explorer was designed for
fishermen. Her well-organized debarkation deck lets a full group
of anglers get started on their fishing day quickly, without crowding,
fuss or confusion. The debarkation deck's waterline exit lets you
walk right onto your fishing boat, with no ladders to climb. All of your
fishing gear and take-along items can remain right at hand and be ready
to go when you are. We've done our homework and we've designed the
best purpose-built sportfishing vessel in the Amazon.
Luxurious and Comfortable
- The Explorer is a fishing mothership of the highest caliber. The
list of her luxurious features is long. Here are just a few.
1. Private bathrooms w/sink, toilet
and shower in each cabin.
2. Roomy cabins with plenty of storage space.
3. Two meter high ceilings. Gone are
the days when six-footers have to duck.
4. Huge (6 and 1/2 x 7 meter) common area.
Spacious dining room and lots of walk-around space.
5. Big, wide, non-slip stairwells.
6. Cabin doors open directly to outside spaces.
7. Shallow draft for improved access - almost
1/2 meter less than typical Amazon yachts. The Explorer can fish
areas we've never accessed before.
8. Wider beam - Perfect stability.
9. Smoke-free cabins and indoor areas.
10. Open-air bar and lounge area on upper
deck.
The best
Value in the Amazon. Come and enjoy it with us. |
You'll love the lifestyle efficiency of our new boat's
design, and the roominess and comfort it provides. With big, individually
air-conditioned cabins, private bathrooms, hot showers and spacious
group areas, the "Blackwater Explorer" is one of the finest yachts in the
Amazon. Her shallow draft and wide beam allow us to traverse sandbars
and fast water to access regions others just can't reach. |
If you have any questions, please feel free to call us,
toll-free or E-mail us.
Thanks for fishing with Acute Angling!
Paul Reiss:
- (866) 832-2987 - E-Mail Paul Reiss
Garry Reiss
- (866) 431-1668 - E-Mail Garry Reiss
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