I've made a brief report from our warming-up activities in the Amazon jungle.
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Live from the Amazon jungle: First catches in 2010
- Thread starter Tom C
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MonteSS
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Great stuff Tom. Wish we were there.
...Bill
...Bill
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cool bring us back some interesting species to talk about
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Hi Tom,
Wow you are very lucky indeed to do this. please more photos and keep us informed.
thanks jk
Wow you are very lucky indeed to do this. please more photos and keep us informed.
thanks jk
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I really look forward to seeing these reports coming out every few months.
Can’t wait to see what neat stuff comes out of this trip and what new fish are found.
Can’t wait to see what neat stuff comes out of this trip and what new fish are found.
The internet connection has this time been VERY poor.
But WOW, now I seem to have connection!
A fisherman brought us these ones, said to be collected in the Rio Urubamba / Madre de Dios area:
Interesting fish, don't you think?
No time for more now, have to take care of fish from the Rio Yavari/Rio Galvez-area and from the upper parts of Rio Tigre, and do the planning of the next (and last) expedition :biggrin:
Rio Yavari is now 10 - 12 meters lower than normal, and the locals have problems with huge black caimans leaving the now quite dry areas further up where they usually live, and comming down the river :
But WOW, now I seem to have connection!
A fisherman brought us these ones, said to be collected in the Rio Urubamba / Madre de Dios area:
Interesting fish, don't you think?
No time for more now, have to take care of fish from the Rio Yavari/Rio Galvez-area and from the upper parts of Rio Tigre, and do the planning of the next (and last) expedition :biggrin:
Rio Yavari is now 10 - 12 meters lower than normal, and the locals have problems with huge black caimans leaving the now quite dry areas further up where they usually live, and comming down the river :
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Glad to hear that you guys are still alive and well, several of us have been eagerly awaiting the updates!! I hope you are having a good time.
That is a very nice Apisto, any idea what it is?? New species?
That is a very nice Apisto, any idea what it is?? New species?
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I'd say it is A. luelingi, which is known from the RÃo Madre de Dio system. Nice fish!
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its a beauty make sure you have a good time so the stories will be even better.Wish I could be there
indyplanted
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Way cool, its been a dream of mine to collect in South America. Anybody else had this experience before?
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Well Mike when i had the fish in my hand out here i didnt believe they were A.luelingi despite Tom saying they may be but after reading Koslowski it certainly seems that they are....
A beautiful fish and a great addition to the hobby if we can get them home ok.
Steve, Many more fish to bring home to the UK and a few rarities to boot. I will again leave the excellent reporting up to Tom as i know he likes doing it much more than i and he also has much more spare time(HE HE, got you again mate....).
See ya soon...
Mark...
A beautiful fish and a great addition to the hobby if we can get them home ok.
Steve, Many more fish to bring home to the UK and a few rarities to boot. I will again leave the excellent reporting up to Tom as i know he likes doing it much more than i and he also has much more spare time(HE HE, got you again mate....).
See ya soon...
Mark...
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I spent 4 weeks with TomC in Peru/Colombia 2 years ago. It truly was a dream come true. Tom has some great connections there. He could pay his way by taking small (1-2) select people on collecting trips. Only one problem: he makes too much money doing what he does now!:biggrin:
Here is my travel companion this year, at one of the habitats:
Is he doing anything, except for drinking up our water, and smoking his "fags"?
Is he taking notes? No... :redface:
Is he measuring the water values? No... :redface:
Is he taking pictures? No... :redface:
No wonder he wants to leave the reporting to me! :biggrin:
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Hey, I smoke a cigarette after releasing any Trout over 12 inches.
A couple if over 15 inches to give the pool some extra time to forget what I've done.
I roll my own; it buys more time.
A couple if over 15 inches to give the pool some extra time to forget what I've done.
I roll my own; it buys more time.
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Really great to read this Tom. Have a nice stay in Peru. I am looking forward to the next pictures and articles (if you will write teem ;-) )
We booked seats in a small plane.
Iquitos is, as you probably know, said to be the world's largest city without road access (One has to travel by plane or by boat on the rivers, to get there).
Here is the city, with the Rio Amazonas in the background, and Rio Itaya coming down from the right:
We flew over some jungle:
to a village by the Rio Yavari, at the border between Peru and Brazil:
and this how it looked like when we landed; the entire village was there to have a look at the strange people who came:
This is the airport:
We booked rooms in the "city's" finest "hotel", with a private bathroom (!)
(Our fisherman from Iquitos posing outside my front door)
There were of course no water in either the sink or toilet ......
But this little lad seems to have a good time:
(His father was a Brazilian who had crossed the river, that's where the curls origin)
We have been in many different places, including the Rio Tigre.
There we experienced to be totally defenseless against large amounts of blood-sucking flies-like creatures, so small that they crawled through the mosquito net, and they were totally unaffected by the world's most powerful insecticides.
My leg:
Have we found any fish?
Yes, lots!
We have, among others, collected Nannostomus mortenthaleri (along with many Apistogramma)
Reports on this year's expeditions will hopefully, after a while, appear on my website.....
Finally, a little challenge for you. What species do you think this is ?
We have seen it displaying, so we think we know what it is.....:biggrin:
(No, it's not A. cf. eunotus, nor A. sp. Masken, nor A. sp. Schwarzbrust)
Iquitos is, as you probably know, said to be the world's largest city without road access (One has to travel by plane or by boat on the rivers, to get there).
Here is the city, with the Rio Amazonas in the background, and Rio Itaya coming down from the right:
We flew over some jungle:
to a village by the Rio Yavari, at the border between Peru and Brazil:
and this how it looked like when we landed; the entire village was there to have a look at the strange people who came:
This is the airport:
We booked rooms in the "city's" finest "hotel", with a private bathroom (!)
(Our fisherman from Iquitos posing outside my front door)
There were of course no water in either the sink or toilet ......
But this little lad seems to have a good time:
(His father was a Brazilian who had crossed the river, that's where the curls origin)
We have been in many different places, including the Rio Tigre.
There we experienced to be totally defenseless against large amounts of blood-sucking flies-like creatures, so small that they crawled through the mosquito net, and they were totally unaffected by the world's most powerful insecticides.
My leg:
Have we found any fish?
Yes, lots!
We have, among others, collected Nannostomus mortenthaleri (along with many Apistogramma)
Reports on this year's expeditions will hopefully, after a while, appear on my website.....
Finally, a little challenge for you. What species do you think this is ?
We have seen it displaying, so we think we know what it is.....:biggrin:
(No, it's not A. cf. eunotus, nor A. sp. Masken, nor A. sp. Schwarzbrust)
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As you folks can see from the pics i look a little bit wet....Its very difficult to catch Apistos in Peru with a camera,ph meter and pen in hand so i favour a net.
I too smoke roll-ups but due to the humidity you end up lighting them 20 or so times each ciggie so i prefer a cheap Peruvian brand whilst over here.
Had a great time once again this year with some superb species making their way back to the UK, fingers crossed....Ive really got this collecting bug now.
Where too and what for next year??? Anybodys guess....
Mark...
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