Wes Hixon Outdoor Adventures

Amazon River Peacock Bass Fishing

For several years many of our clients and friends have asked: “Wes why don’t you have a good place to go Peacock Bass fishing?” Wes’ response has been, “I’ve never been able to ‘Hook up’ on anything that I felt was solid.” Well, we have finally set the hook on a keeper. Through a chain of events, Wes and a family friend of approximately 30 years have teamed up to offer you a great place to enjoy fishing for trophy class Peacock Bass on the upper Rio Negro River and its tributaries. A young man by the name of Charles Hammontree, Jr., is the son of Wes’ long time bass fishing friend Charles “Bud” Hammontree. A few years ago Charles, Jr. married a beautiful young lady from Venezuela. Charles met Carolina while she was in college here in the United States. Charles and Carolina currently live in Venezuela.

The old expression “the fruit don’t fall far from the tree” is especially true in this case. Having grown up fishing, Charles’ love for the sport had him Peacock fishing in Venezuela and Brazil in no time. Soon the name Charles Hammontree, Jr. grew to be very popular in Peacock Bass fishing circles. Having won several national and international Peacock Bass fishing championships, Charles started designing and building Peacock Bass fishing lures. His company “Caribe Lures” has grown to be a popular choice among serious Peacock Bass fishing circles. During this time Charles has fished with many of the outfitters in Brazil. Having selected two of the best boats in Brazil, Charles has introduced Wes to the owner of these two boats and now Wes is happy to represent both of these boats. Currently, all of our trips are escorted by Charles and or Wes. Each group of guests will be escorted either from the United States or met upon arrival in Manaus, and accompanied until departing Manaus or upon re-entry to the United States.

The following is a typical itinerary: Depart the United States on Saturday, fly to Manaus, overnight at the Hotel Tropical, a beautiful five star resort.  Have breakfast at approximately 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning; take a 7:00 a.m. shuttle to the domestic airport, take a commercial charter (approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes) to Barcelos, upon arrival transfer 10 minutes to the yacht.  Store your gear, have lunch and go fishing that afternoon.  Fish a.m. & p.m. Monday through Friday, fish a.m. Saturday morning, return to Barcelos via the yacht Saturday evening.  Take the commercial air charter from Barcelos back to Manaus Sunday morning, transfer back to the international airport in Manaus, and catch your international flight back to the United States.

The yachts are 80 foot, fully modern double deck boats.  Accommodations are double occupancy on the boat.  Laundry service is provided on the boat.  All meals, bottled water, soft drinks, beer, wine and some of the local liquors are furnished; fishing takes place from comfortable modern 18 foot aluminum boats with casting decks, trolling motors and 75 horsepower Mercury motors.  Most anglers average catching 20 to 40 Peacock Bass per person per day.

The trip cost is $3,850 per person based on double occupancy and includes everything but your international air fare, meals in Manaus or Barcelos, extra night hotels in Manaus and staff gratuities.  We limit these trips to 10 guests.  All guests must bring their own tackle.  A suggested tackle, clothing, equipment and gratuities guidelines will be provided upon booking your trip.    In addition we will assist you and your group with your visa applications.  The high season is October, November, December and January.  Come join us for a wonderful hassle free Peacock Bass fishing trip.

Check out www.caribelures.com, these are some samples of the quality lures Charles’ company manufactures.

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