Pisces

A Tucunare (Peacock Bass) which colors yellow, black, green, and with the head's inferior part in red - dominates the scenery swimming in respectable shoals and, with an uncontrollable fury, attacking mercilessly any body that crosses the way, alive or artificial. It is such the amount of individuals for each shoal, that in several occasions, is common to hook two fishes in the same lure. The medium load varies among 2,5 to 3,0 kilos, and the largest cross the five kilos.

The family of rounded fishes is also one of the biggest attractive in Medium Guapore. The shoals of tambaquis are easily found in cascades or close to  pauleiras (wood under water), and they can be hooked with categorized heavy weight equipment, being the minhocuçu and some types of fruits, the most attractive baits. The medium load of these specimens reachs 12 kilos, however the largest ones cross the double of this weight easily.   

With behavior, load and silhouette alike, the Pirapitinga is another monster of this family, having individuals' report with more than 40 kilos. They frequent the same places and they can be captured with the same equipment and baits.

In the upper narrow part of the river there are high ravines and wells, favorite habitat of the great Pirararas, Cacharas and Capararis. Unlike what happens in other rivers, the passages that precede the beaches, since there are aquatic vegetation thickets (camalotes or aguapés), are also promising fishing points, above all for the Cachara, that can be hooked in surprising amounts.

Small Pirararas and Capararis habitually frequent these same atmospheres, and as they take turns visiting the bait of the fisherman, the result of each throw is always a pleasant surprise. At the beaches, in a silent approach, is common to visualize shoals of those three species. In fact, in the shore of the river and inside of the stalls, it is not a rare fact capturing them with lures - mainly with the ones of slow sinking or running floating.

The existence of other fishes contributes to those that like well diversified fishing. Among them, there are the Matrinxa (whose medium type weight around a kilo); the Corvina, weight two kilos around; the Apaiari or Paca-açu; the two Cachorras types – Larga and Facão - and the Apapá, that can reaches seven kilos. 

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