Like all the animals in the reserve, fishes are wild and ferocious, big and strong. Payara is one of them. We invite you to enjoy with us the exciting bites, hard fighting, high jumping of this ferocious gamefish in one of the biggest rainforest of the world, Don't miss out on being one of the first to take advantage of these New Payara Fishing Destination!

WEATHER
The weather is dry and sunny between June and October and extremely humid during the rainy season between November and May.

FISHING
The waters of Tambopata River offers us a variety of fishes such as Payaras, Pacu (Giant Piranha), Catfish (Zungaros, Piros, Surubim, etc.) We usually fish for Payara with spinning and casting tackle. There's a lot of black volcanic rocks in the river an the Payara hunt sardines very close to the shore. The technique is to cast from the rocks lures like rapala's magnum or sliver, rebel fast track or jawbreaker.

TECHNIQUE
Pacu's takes only fruits and fish meat, so we use sardines for bait and hooks and weights with multifilament lines on the reels. They are so strong.

Same technique we use on all the catfish.

The typical Peruvian Sport fishermen needs a good pair of boots, t shirts, cap, wind jacket, a belt bait box, one 7 footer spinning medium rod for Payara, one 7 footer medium heavy rod for Pacu and catfish, different sinking and trolling lures, a lot of natural bait, hooks and weights.

SEASON
The best time for fishing is between June to October

Itinerary:

7 Days, 6 Nights.

A staff member will receive you at the airport to transfer you to our hotel in Puerto Maldonado.

Suggestions for payara_pacu_catfish fishing tackle


TOUR PACKAGES

JUNGLE LODGES

Consult with Reserves Department for more information.