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Volume 15 - Issue 2

2013—2014 Preseason Preview

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…. Summer Notes ....

� A Busy Summer - Regular readers will notice that this issue is out a bit later than usual. Well, we’ve been really busy. Both our Acute Angling and our Tackle-box.net websites needed to be revamped (see page 2 and 3) and it took a lot longer than we had planned. Websites aren’t as simple as they used to be. But it’s all back online and working now and available for your convenience. Visit our sites and check them

out. Like us on Facebook!

� New Show Schedule - We’ll be attending shows all over the U.S. this coming winter. We’re building a second show booth to allow us to do a show each weekend during January, February and March. Please come and visit with

us when we’re in your neck of the woods.

Blackwater Explorer News …1

The BWE “stats” are in …2

Tackle-box.net Update …2

The New Tackle-box.net …3

Piraiba - Amazon Goliath Cat …4

Steve Townson - Variety Trip …5

Paul Reiss and Helen - Dorado …5

Amazon Tidbits - News …6

Specialty Hosted Trips …5

Wade Boggs on the Blackwater …5

Superstrong Peacock Bass Jig …6

Our 2013 - 14 Trip Schedule …7

Inside this issue:

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Amazon Fishing News

Acute Angling’s Quarterly Fishing Newsletter

After a season’s hiatus, Barbara Francisca, our long-time host on the Blackwater Explorer (she’s been on the boat since it was built in 2007) is back. Veteran Amazon anglers know that this means the best caipirinhas in Amazonia (Brazil’s national cocktail) and an array of delicious appe-tizers will once again be at hand as soon as they return from a hard day’s fishing. Someone has to prepare them for a hard night’s bragging! Along with her devotion to keeping our anglers happy and client services on the Blackwater Explorer running smoothly, the English-speaking Barbara is also known to tie the best peacock bass jigs on the river (see Page 6). Welcome back!

Summer, 2013

The Blackwater Explorer yacht is probably the most productive pea-cock bass fishing machine in the Ama-zon. Last season’s results were so good that it’s hard to believe there could be a better way to go about catching these superb sportfish (without a gillnet!). Our clients con-sistently have solid success, catching great numbers of peacocks and huge trophies in each of our fishing regions. We have the stats to prove it and it’s worth repeating them. See Page 2 ...

Most Productive Trip in the Amazon!

Get ready for the Amazon Season! Spaces Are Filling Fast in 3 Fantastic Fisheries Comfort and Elegance Afloat - The Ama-zon’s most polished and productive fishing machine, the Blackwater Explorer Yacht is preparing another assault on the waters of the Rio Negro Basin for the 2012 and 2013 fish-ing season. This luxurious operation is indis-putably the best fishing value in the Amazon!

A Beach Vacation in the Amazon - With giant peacock bass right at your doorstep. We park our air-conditioned floating bungalow camp on beautiful white sand beaches in remote headwa-ters fisheries. Available during the Amazon’s optimal low water season.

Incredible Variety - We return to the Rio Travessão with an upgraded safari camp to keep you comfortable and a new satel-lite camp to provide more water to ex-plore. This haven for river giants holds monster catfish, fierce payara, acrobatic bicuda and tough fast-water peacocks.

Barbara’s Back on the Blackwater!

Branco basin as water levels dictate. We are not tied to a fixed weekly route or resupply point to keep operating costs down. This allows us to be in optimal water levels and prime conditions throughout the season, not stuck in a single locale, subject to the whims of its local weather . Finally, we’ve made a commitment to putting fishing success ahead of economizing. We’ll happily burn diesel to put you in the best place, even if it means changing a river system overnight. We have been known to “leave ‘em biting” more than once when changing loca-tions meant we could “find ‘em biting” even better. Understanding the fishing data - We are very precise about our catch data and the weights of our fish. All large fish are weighed on a boga-grip, so that when we describe a trophy weight, it’s precise. Many operations train their guides to augment weights so that every angler believes he’s gotten a 20 pounder. We’ve seen photos of fish that don’t exceed 15 lbs labeled as 20 lbs plus. This doesn’t accom-plish anything other than to create false perceptions and inflated expec-tations. We just don’t do this. Our trophies are real and our data is accurate - we averaged 161 peacocks/angler/week and 39 trophies per group! We challenge our competition to match this productivity. Although our 2013-14 schedule is filling up fast, plenty of great spots still remain. Join us! For more information, visit our website or call Paul Reiss, toll-free, at 866 832-2987.

Reprinted from last Issue - These statistics are worth revisiting. Acute Angling’s clients have consistently solid success on the Blackwa-ter Explorer, Why so good? Well, there’s a method to our madness. To be successful at something as complex as a wilderness fishing adventure requires the development of the tools and techniques to make it happen. Just like a “five-tools” ball player, we’ve worked to polish every aspect of our game; tight logistics, attentive service, excellent accommodations and superior food and drink all must come together to produce a satisfying fishing adventure. But, outstanding fishing prow-ess is the key component that turns a “satisfying” trip into the “fishing trip of a lifetime” - and we can flat-out prove we do this better than any-one. This isn’t bluster or braggadocio, it’s simply the clear, statistically analyzable result of our approach to peacock bass fishing and the imple-mentation of a doctoral degree’s worth of knowledge and experience. You can see the proof of our success in the chart at the top of this page.. There’s no secret, just key differences between us and everyone else in how we choose to fulfill our responsibility to produce fish for you. First, we’ve invested the time and research to achieve a superior level of knowledge and understanding of our quarry’s life cycle. In fishing, “knowledge is power”. We simply know what the fish are do-ing, where to be and when to be there, better than the rest. Second, we are true nomads. We use our great mobility to fish tributaries in the Rio Madeira basin, the Rio Negro basin and the Rio

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Tackle -Box.net Update by Garry Reiss assured that you will be well armed for whatever situation or condi-tions arise during your trip. Our packages contain a variety of lures and jigs specifically chosen after years of honing so that you have an

array of the most effective baits at your disposal. In the process of updating and upgrading our tackle site we also did a complete inven-tory of our warehouse and in doing so have uncovered a treasure trove of tackle that is no longer otherwise available. ... G. Loomis rods, Ambas-sadeur reels, Woodchoppers, Rippers and other classic

baits that can add to the variety in our prepared packages.. We’ve put this gear on our website as “specials” and we are selling them at true clearance prices - as much as 50% off. Tackle-Box.net is now ready to serve you better. We promise to continue to evolve, becoming even more of an indispensible resource to travelling anglers. Pay us a visit and compare our prices with Bass Pro or Cabelas on everything from Bogagrips to Riprollers to Rapalas and you’ll see what we mean. And remember, the most effective pea-cock bass jig you can get is available exclusively at Tackle-box.net!

For the last decade our specialized tackle site has been avail-able online to provide our clients with the unique tackle needed for Amazon fishing trips. As you may have gathered from our previ-ous mini-newsletters and articles, our e-commerce site, Tackle-Box.net has gone through a metamorphosis over the past few months and has now come back on-line in an all new format. We took advantage of the quiet period we usually experience in the spring-time to take Tackle-Box off-line for awhile to update some of the under-lying code necessary to function in today’s web environment. The result is that our new site has greater accessibil-ity and easier functionality, to enhance your shopping experience. We have a newer look, stronger on-line security and streamlined order processing functions. The unique specialized tackle that we feature is what makes this website a one-stop shop for your Ama-zon fishing trip … and we have great prices to boot. Shoppers can now set up an account so that purchasing prod-ucts will be quicker and our specialized packages designed for your specific trip will take the guess-work out of the process. We know what tackle works in our various Amazon fisheries and you can be

Blackwater expl0rer productivityBlackwater expl0rer productivityBlackwater expl0rer productivityBlackwater expl0rer productivity Blackwater Explorer - Fall 2012 - Winter 2013 Fishing Results - Rio Negro Basin Only (see previous issue for Rio Madeira Basin Results)

Statistics E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 E13 E14 E15 E16 E17 E18 E19 E20 Totals

Total Peacocks 2443 1809 1438 2696 1397 2097 2343 3348 1767 883 157 101 1257 2231 762 1702 826 Total = 29,965

Biggest Fish 19 lb 22 lb 22 lb 20 lb 21 lb 20 lb 17 18.5 20 lb 21 lb 22 lb 21 lb 18 lb 22 lb 24 lb 21 lb 20 lb Best = 24 lbs.

Trophies/week 16 37 28 96 39 42 49 46 46 26 38 36 46 51 20 27 41 Average = 39

Anglers/group 14 11 10 16 9 11 15 16 8 7 11 9 7 12 6 11 9 Average = 11

Avg. # /angler 175 164 144 169 155 191 156 221 221 126 143 126 180 186 127 155 92 Average = 161

Fall spaces filling fast!

All New Tackle-Box.net Store The Web’s Specialty Tackle Shop is Back and Better than Ever www.Tackle-Box.net provides complete tackle outfits for our exotic Amazon fishing desti-nations. We’ve channeled our decades of fishing knowledge and combined it with high-tech com-puting power to create our specialized tackle pack-ages. Designed to provide you with an array of the lures and gear you’ll need, regardless of condi-tions at the time of your trip. Have exactly the right gear for any situation! Be totally prepared for fishing success on your trip of a lifetime!

We Subscribe to the Boy Scout Motto, “Be Prepared .”

Let the “Tackle Wizard” provide the perfect outfit for your des-tination …. always available on-line, 24 hours every day. The power of our expert knowledge and the flexibility of an in-stock inventory assure that you have everything you need to enjoy your trip. Eliminate the frustration of searching for hard-to-find items ... avoid the hassle of picking and choosing from multiple sources ... assure yourself of getting the best prices. Arrive with exactly what you need to catch fish, be comfort-able and have fun.


Bars and Markings Colors Size Key Characters Similar Species

None, body relatively uniform and free of any clearly visible markings.

Silvery gray on lateral body, dorsally slightly darker . Abdomen white. Reddish markings on lips.

Juveniles: Called "filhote", up to 100+ pounds

Adults: up to about 450 pounds (over 3 meters)

Length: over 3 meters

Weight: up to 450 lbs.

Several species of Brachy-platystoma as well as other Pimelodidae resemble piraiba, however none approaches it's size.

ID Key: Distinctive red markings on the lips and this cat’s simply enormous size makes ID of adult specimens obvious.

Known Range Behavior Notes Habitat Common Names IGFA records

Countries: Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana.

River Basins: Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo drainages

Adults habituate waters where a combination of current, depth and food availability makes life easy for these opportunistic carnivores.

Primarily occupies deep holes in lotic (fast) waters in high-lands river systems.

English: Goliath Catfish

Brazil: Piraiba, Filhote

Other: Lau-Lau

Currently 341 pounds.

Identification Keys

A favorite tactic of catfishermen is to catch a small piranha for live or fresh cut bait. Using a large (14/0 to 20/0) circle hook, haywire twisted to 18 inches of strong (180 lb. test or greater ) wire then twisted to a heavy (180 lb. test swivel creates an easily made, replaceable rig. A 2 ounce (or heavier - as current demands) egg sinker is allowed to run freely on heavy line (65 lb or greater) braided line. This wire reinforced "Amazon" rig helps keep piranha away from the running line and mini-mizes the loss of hook, line and sinker. Correctly selecting a hole that holds a piraiba is not a given. Anglers will typically try spots that provide some turbulence or back current over a deep hole. Generally, if other, smaller, catfish like jundia are pre-sent, you probably haven't found the monster's home. Enjoy the smaller but spunky, and superbly tasty jundira and then move on to the next hole.

Once the behemoth's home is found, the "take" is often surprisingly subtle, not screaming like a redtail. With an open bail (or clicker on) allow line to be taken until the fish is moving away and has had a chance to en-gulf the bait. Point the rod tip upward, engage your reel, then let the rod be pulled downward until it points at the fish. Sensing resistance, the fish will usually react by running and hooking himself with the circle hook. This method is highly recommended because it will unfailingly result in a safe hookset in the corner of the fish's mouth, never in its gullet or stomach. Once the fight is on, the rest is up to the angler, because with a fish this large that likes to run rap-ids, wind around logs and is agile enough to heave its bulk out of the water, the rest is unpredictable.

ANGLER'S SUMMARY AND FISHING TACTICS

Piraiba - The Amazon Goliath Catfish

Grouping Latin English

Kingdom Animalia animals

Phylum Chordata with spinal cords

Subphylum Vertebrata with back bones

Superclass Gnathostoma jawed vertebrates

Grade Osteichthes bony fishes

Class Actinopterygii ray-finned fishes

Division Teleostei completed bones

Subdivision Ostarioclupeiomorpha bone-shield-form

Superorder Ostariophysi bone-bladder

Series Otophysi ear-bladder

Order Siluriformes catfishes

Family Pimelodidae Smooth fat

Genus Brachyplatystoma Broad, flat mouth

Species filamentosum Threadlike (ray)

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum

The largest of the Amazon catfish, piraiba have been described as attaining weights in excess of 450 pounds. Interestingly, for such a large catfish they are very athletic and readily venture into open, run-ning water. Overnight campers on riverbanks have been shocked awake at the crashing racket occurring when 200 or more pounds of leaping piraiba slams back into the water after a nighttime aerial exploit.

In 2007 Russell Jensen of Bronx, NY caught this 295 lb piraiba on an Acute Angling trip. At the time, it

was the largest catfish ever recorded on rod and reel .


Catch these monsters on our Rio Travessão Safari Camp Trip

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January - Fish with a “Hall of Famer” If this guy can handle a fishing rod the way he handles a baseball bat, there are going to be a lot of sore-lipped peacock bass in the Amazon next season! With a lifetime batting average of .328, 3010 career hits and the skills to define him as one of baseball’s quintessential hit-ters, Wade Boggs stands among the giants of Major League baseball. Come January 24th, 2014, Wade will join Acute Angling on the Blackwater Explorer in a quest for a new, “fishier” kind of success. With world-record peacock bass await-ing his arrival in the Rio Ne-gro basin, Wade might just have the chance to stand among the giants of Amazon fishing too. Together with Steve Scott of “Big Hunt Media”, Wade will be filming a peacock bass episode for the TV show “Outdoor Guide” during his week aboard the Blackwater Explorer yacht ... And he is inviting Acute Angling’s clients to join him! Here’s your opportunity to enjoy the fishing trip

of a lifetime and to rub elbows with one of baseball’s greatest lifetime hitters at the same time.

Wade is a gregarious guy , a devoted sportsman and not at all shy about mixing with other anglers of a similar mindset. You’ll be welcomed as both a fellow angler and a fan with no reservations. You may very well end up being part of the TV show. We expect this to be one of the most memorable peacock bass trips we’ve ever op-erated. Not only are we planning a trip with a baseball superstar, but we’ve selected one of the very best fishing weeks of the year. With expected optimally low water levels , we figure this will be a great “big fish” week. Space is available on this very special trip at our regular price of $4,750. If you’ve been to a

major league ballgame recently, you’ll realize that you can probably get more baseball in the Amazon at a better price than a premium seat at a ballpark. And of course, you’ll catch the world’s greatest sportfish in the bargain.

Jan. 24th, 2014 - Peacock Bass on the Blackwater Explorer. Hosted by “Hall of Famer” Wade Boggs

March - Fish with Paul Reiss and Helen

Hosted by Paul Reiss and Helen Kerekes

March 24th through 31st, 2014. Golden Dorado in the beautiful Isoro Marsh of the Rio Parana

The Isoro Marsh, sitting between the Rio Parana and Rio Corrientes at the confluence of the Isoro river, is one of the few remaining natural en-vironments along the route of the dorado’s yearly spawning migration. Here, big breeders come to reproduce within the natural fish nursery offered by the marshland’s complex network of islands and canals. Both fly-fishermen and conventional an-glers alike can enjoy the kind of productive, well-rounded and satisfying experience that anglers asso-ciated with the pursuit of the wild golden dorado in the past, before recent development and unlike some of today’s concrete-lined destinations. In March of 2014, just when winter’s cold has thoroughly kicked our collective butts, my better-

half, Helen and I will head to Buenos Aires to es-cape the seasonal doldrums and pursue the golden dorado in a warm, comfortable and beautiful set-ting. We invite you to join us. We have space for 6 anglers on what we plan to be a grown-up’s “rite-of-spring” party. What could be better than a week of great fishing, gourmet food, Argentina’s superb Malbec wines and pleasant, like-minded company. Call us, toll-free, at 866-832-2987 for more information. Just $4550 per angler.

Specialty Hosted Trips for 2014

February - Fish with a “TV Fishing Star” Most Amazon anglers know of Acute Angling associate and TV fishing show host Steve Town-son. The current Amazon Peacock Bass World Champion's latest series “Fishing Expedition - Amazonia” has been seen all over the world - as far as Australia and New Zealand, Africa and most of Europe - and is currently being aired on Discov-ery UK, hopefully to hit US TV screens soon. Eight half-hour episodes were shot on the Rio Paru and Rio Travessão. With incredible footage of topwater explosions from big riverine Peacock Bass, line-stripping Payara (Vampire Fish), burly Trairão (Wolf Fish), Pacu, Giant Cats and loads more, it was a series Steve enjoyed making to the

max. Now he’s back, hosting two weeks on the Rio Travessão this winter, one in Janu-ary (already full) and a second week from February 10-17, currently with 6 spaces still open. Steve has filmed on this river three times in the last 6 years and states categorically, that this river is his #1 fishing destination anywhere in the world! He fishes here at least twice a year for what he describes as the most diverse freshwater fishing to be had anywhere on the planet. Want to join Steve on a week of fun and games on the wonderful Rio Travessão?

Please call us soon, while spaces remain.

February 10-17, 2014 Rio Travessão

Variety Safari Trip

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Amaz0n Tidbits - News from the RIVER

Even more amazing than the amazing fishes of the Amazon, is the amount of rumor and gossip generated about it. This col-umn will appear from time to time in an effort to report ac-tual news before it evolves into wildly inexplicable fiction.

Rio Marie closed to sport fishing This wonderful, giant peacock fishery, which Acute An-gling first explored in 2009 and then made exclusively available to its anglers for the next three seasons, has now been closed to all sportfishing due to a series of disruptive illegal acts instigated by an aggressive operating company, competing for exclusive waters in a more predatory fashion than the sportfish it pursues. Following the fall 2011 season, this other operator attempted to forcibly usurp Acute Angling’s access to this fishery and to gain exclusive rights for themselves, via a series of inappropriate illegal acts, and directly in the face of our existing, government approved contracts. This occurred in a river system with over 250 miles of fishable water that could readily accommodate several operations simultaneously. Being anglers and not warmakers, we asked to meet with them to discuss the situation. We then simply offered to share the fishery with them. They promptly declined and made it clear that they preferred to have it all for themselves.

The ongoing tensions became so high that by 2012 we re-quested police presence in our camps to ensure that no untoward issues would arise. That prompted us to make the decision that we preferred not to operate in such a charged environment. It wasn’t fun anymore, so we removed the river from our schedule. The other operator, however, continued to offer this river as one of its destinations, even in the face of official action result-ing from their activities in the region. As a result of these activi-ties and the ongoing fracas over access, the Brazilian Public Ministry has now ruled that the river will be closed to future sportfishing activity. The operator has been ordered to desist from offering or promoting this fishery and to cancel any an-glers who were booked there. If you know someone who has booked a trip with anyone with the expectation of fishing the Rio Marie, you would be doing them a service by making them aware of the river’s closure. They run the risk of finding them-selves fishing in a river they had not expected to be in. The losers in all of this are sportfishermen and the local resi-dents. As a result of unfair competition, a world-record fishery has been made unavailable to anglers and the region’s indige-nous people have lost a meaningful source of renewable income.

We fish for peacock bass mostly because the darn things are so amazingly powerful. So you’d think we wouldn’t get upset when they break our rods, snap our line or explode our reels. But we sure do get upset, because equipment failure almost al-ways results in a lost trophy. Usually it’s our own fault; horsing the fish; too tight a drag; overexcitement. In those cases, after a few days, we usually come to grips with our loss and accept it for what it was. Somehow though, when the failure is unexplainable, we just can’t let go and we tend to mourn the breakdown forever! We want our an-glers happy, not mourn-ing lost fish! Nothing makes them happier that a honking big peacock, so we’re always looking for ways to improve the catch ratio on our trips. As part of that effort, we’ve tinkered and evolved and created our super effective “Peacock Bass Rattle Jig”. If you’ve used them, you know they’re the single most productive peacock bass lure you can tie on. But like all fishing gear, they too can fail under extreme stress. Of course, Murphy’s Law says they’ll fail just when you’ve hooked the biggest fish of the trip. So now, we’ve rein-

vented our own best lure and made it even better. Gone is the familiar 5/0 Gamakatsu, replaced by the strongest commercially available jig hook on the market today; a 6/0 extra-strong Mustad. More than twice as strong as the original. The big-ger, stronger nickel-plated hook has a wider gap too - an enormous 3/4 inch space - to accommodate the jawbone of even the biggest

peacock, minimizing damaging torque and failed hooksets. So it’s not only stronger, it’s more resistant to the forces that generate most of the stress on a hook in the first place. All of our jig’s other attributes remain just as effective as before. Our jig design is based on scientific understanding of ichthyofaunal predator prey interactions … not someone’s uneducated guess as to what looks good. The subtle but

critically important characteristics we build in, make our jigs supe-rior fish attractors compared to imitators found elsewhere. Not only is world’s most effective peacock bass jig now also the world’s strongest ... but the price remains exactly the same! The peacock bass rattle jig can be purchased at www.tackle-box.net and on all of Acute Angling’s Amazon trips

NEW, SUPER-STRONG PEACOCK BASS JIG The World’s Best Peacock Bass Lure Just Got Better

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Please Note - Peacock bass fishing is controlled by ambient conditions. In order to ensure a quality experience and productive fishing for our clients, projected river and date combinations are always subject to change due to several factors; access to the fishery named, changing weather conditions and optimal water levels. If factors prevent the use of a planned region or fishery on specified dates, an alternative fishery may be used, or alternative dates and/or rainchecks may be offered.


Join us on the fishing trip of a lifetime! Toll-free - Paul Reiss - (866) 832-2987 Garry Reiss - (866) 431-1668

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P3 3 days 2 per room $2300 - year round -



P6 Individual Pricing 1 per room Add 8% - year round -

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# Depart Buenos Aires Fishing Days Price Availability

DB Dorado Cua / Capita 6 Days/bus $2900 Sept. - June

DV Dorado Cua / Capita 6 Days/van $3700 Sept. - June

DA Dorado Cua / Capita 6 Days/air $4550 Sept. - June

DS Dorado Cua / Capita Delete days - $250 each Sept. - June

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# Departs Manaus Returns Price Availability

T1 Jan 6th, 2014 Jan. 13th $5250 - Full -

T2 Jan. 13th, 2014 Jan. 20th $5250 - Full -

T3 Jan. 20th, 2014 Jan. 27th $5250 - 3 openings -

T4 Jan. 27th, 2014 Feb. 3rd $5250 - 4 openings -

T5 Feb. 3rd, 2014 Feb. 10th $5250 - 2 openings -

T6 Feb. 10th, 2014 Feb. 17th $5250 - 6 openings -

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# Departs Manaus Returns Price Availability

E1 Oct. 14th, 2013 Oct. 21st $5250 - Full -

E2 Oct. 21st, 2013

E3 Oct. 28th, 2013 Nov. 4th $5250 - 4 openings -

E4 Nov. 4th, 2013 Nov. 11th $5250 - Full -

E5 Nov. 11th, 2013 Nov. 18th $5250 - Full -

E6 Nov. 18th, 2013 Nov. 25th $5250 - open -

Nov. 25th, 2013 Dec. 2nd Closed Thanksgiving

E6 Dec. 2nd, 2013 Dec. 9th $5250 - Full -

E7 Dec. 9th, 2013 Dec. 16th $5250 - Full -

E8 Dec. 16th, 2013

Oct. 28th $5250 - 1 opening -

Dec. 23rd $5250 - Full -

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# Departs Manaus Area Price Availability

FB January. Rio Branco Basin Variable - group only

WB February Rio Branco Basin Variable - group only

*Note - Available spaces shown as of Aug. 27, 2013

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# Leaves Manaus Returns Price Availability

Fall 2013 Season - Igapo Açu - Tuesday Transfers

1 Sept. 10, 2013 Sept. 17 $5250 - Full -

2 Sept. 17, 2013 Sept. 24 $5250 - Full -

3 Sept. 24, 2013 Oct. 1 $5250 - Full -

4 Oct. 1, 2013 Oct. 8 $5250 - 2 openings -

Fall 2013 Season - Rio Negro Basin - Friday Transfers

5 Oct. 11, 2013 Oct. 18 $4750 - 6 openings -

6 Oct. 18, 2013 Oct. 25 $4750 - 8 openings -

7 Oct. 25, 2013 Nov. 1 $4750 - Full -

8 Nov. 1, 2013 Nov. 8 $4750 - Full -

9 Nov. 8, 2013 Nov. 15 $4750 - Full -

10 Nov. 15, 2013 Nov. 22 $4750 - openings -

11 Nov. 22, 2013 Nov. 29 $4750 - openings -

12 Nov. 29, 2013 Dec. 6 $4750 - openings -

13 Dec. 6, 2013 Dec. 13 $4750 - openings -

14 Dec. 13, 2013 Dec. 20 $4750 - Full -

15 Dec. 27, 2013 Jan. 3 $4750 - open -

16 Jan. 3, 2014 Jan. 10 $4750 - openings -

17 Jan. 10, 2014 Jan. 17 $4750 - Full -

18 Jan. 17, 2014 Jan. 24 $4750 - 4 openings -

19 Jan. 24, 2014 Jan. 31 $4750 - 4 openings -

20 Jan. 31, 2014 Feb. 7 $4750 - open -

21 Feb. 7, 2014 Feb. 14 $4750 - Full -

22 Feb. 14, 2014 Feb. 21 $4750 - openings -

23 Feb. 21, 2014 Feb. 28 $4750 - Full -

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Blackwater Explorer News …1

The BWE “stats” are in …2

Tackle-box.net Update …2

The New Tackle-box.net …3

Piraiba - Amazon Goliath Cat …4

Specialty Hosted Trips …5

Amazon Tidbits - News …6

Superstrong Peacock Bass Jig …6

Our 2013 - 14 Trip Schedule …7

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