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The "Garrett's
Red Baron" (A.K.A. "Amazon Annie") Peacock Bass Jig
hooked my personal best"
Priscilla Goss - Rio Tapera Brazil, January 2004 |
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We arrived at camp and had found out that the
prior weeks visitors had a good week fishing and had caught
some big Peacock Bass over 15 pounds. We set out with high hopes
to catching fish over 15 lbs and hopefully in the 20lb range.
The order of the day was to throw the large top water lures
and after 2 days without much luck our camp manager Garrett
suggested we try the home made jigs that Klaus had made. At
about 11:00 the following day I decided to try the jig since
everything I had used was not working. On about my 10th cast
with the jig I got a tremendous hit and I knew I had something
big hooked. Our guide Carlos kept the boat out from the bank
and away from logs as I struggled to reel this monster in. Carlos
was yelling GRANDA GRANDA - reel reel reel as my arms began
to tire. After 15 minutes the fish began to tire and not a moment
too soon as I was quickly tiring myself. Once I had him to the
surface, Carlos quickly netted him and the rest is history.
It was the camp record until the final day when one of the others
landed an 18 pounder and as you may have guessed, he used one
of the famous jigs. |
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