NEW: Collecting on the banks of the mighty Amazon article.

[Hudson Ensz]

In my blog (passionate4pikes.wordpress.com) i posted a new article about collecting on the amazon river. Give it a look hopefully you wont be dissapointed.
http://passionate4pikes.wordpress.c...-flooded-banks-of-the-mighty-amazon/#more-347

Please take a look!!!
If you have any IDs, comments, suggestions, trouble etc... please contact me imediately!!!

 

[Tom C]

A great report, Hudson !

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mike Wise]

I agree with Tom, an excellent report. Next time go a little farther, into the Rio Uatumã system. It has a very amazing apisto that entered the hobby in the Far East 5 years ago. It was called Apistogramma Fire Red. It was a red color morph of A. cf. pulchra Rio Branco. If you find them, sneak some out to me:biggrin:.

 

[Hudson Ensz]

Thank you Tom C and mike wise!!!
Tom, it is pretty pitiful compared to your amazing posts. When is your next adventure going to be featured in your site *waiting with bated breath*

Mike, How much farther? hours? days? weeks?
Also can you ID any of the apistos?
Do you have any pictures of the fire red Apistogramma? it sounds interesting!!!

 

[Tom C]

...... When is your next adventure going to be featured in your site ......

I have too much to do at work right now, but I think, when I have the time, I'll make a small report from collecting deep inside the jungle:

catching apistos like this, with spots in the anal fin, from the A.-nijsseni-group:

In the meantime, I look forward to see more exciting reports from your collecting adventures!

By the way, the Heron you ate for lunch( ), seems to be a Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi):

 

[Hudson Ensz]

I CAN'T WAIT!!! out of all the sites i look foward to yours is the best, everytime you catch a new fish and show a picture my adrenaline rushes the pictures are amazing!!!
I feel like i go with you on those trips.
Right now i am writing another one but its not that great.
Hudson

 

[Hudson Ensz]

Yes the heron does look the same, thanks for the ID.

 

[electric eel]

thats pretty impressive,hudson.i would never have guessed you were a kid if you had'nt posted a picture of yourself.are you sure the snake was a coral and not a king snake.

 

[Hudson Ensz]

Electric Eel, if you are going by the rhyme "red touch yellow kill a fellow, red touch black venom lack" then you are probably going to die in the amazon jungle :tongue: this doesnt work in the amazon.
To be perfectly sincere, i am not completely sure if it was but I really couldnt do anything about it. There was a large crowd around who were positive i would die instantly if i got close to it. Also the coral snake head is fairly distinctive, not to say anything for sure but still it was a good chance it was.
It was also hard to tell because it was not in its adult coloration.I will finish another adventure today but its not as good as the last one.

 

[electric eel]

i new that it applied to the corals up here did'nt know about the ones down there.i know they say its hard to tell a juvinile king snake(they make excellent pets) from a coral snake.i've been catching and handling snakes since i was younger then you(i'm 46 now) and would'nt be too worried in any event.look forward to seeing more pictures and hearing more about your exploits.i spent most of time out in the woods growing up(when i was'nt in school) but you are really lucky to get to go out in the amazon.keep us posted.it is pretty interesting to me and you write with a maturity well beyond your years.ever considered submitting anything for publication in any magazines.you probably could get published if you were interested.i sure did'nt mean to be negative about the snake i was just curious as is my nature.i was very impressed with your article.

 

[bigbird]

Hello Hudson,

Wow what a great web-page and trip you had. I also liked your report published in TFH magazine about your Pikes.Well done and keep it up.
Enjoy these fish and nature it is great. cheers jk :biggrin:

 

[electric eel]

i dropped my subscription to tfh a while back.did'nt know about the article.can you access it online?

 

[georgedv]

Hudson, I must take my hat off to you. Your artical was well writen and well illustrated. Great job and keep them coming!!

g

 

[Hudson Ensz]

i new that it applied to the corals up here did'nt know about the ones down there.i know they say its hard to tell a juvinile king snake(they make excellent pets) from a coral snake.i've been catching and handling snakes since i was younger then you(i'm 46 now) and would'nt be too worried in any event.look forward to seeing more pictures and hearing more about your exploits.i spent most of time out in the woods growing up(when i was'nt in school) but you are really lucky to get to go out in the amazon.keep us posted.it is pretty interesting to me and you write with a maturity well beyond your years.ever considered submitting anything for publication in any magazines.you probably could get published if you were interested.i sure did'nt mean to be negative about the snake i was just curious as is my nature.i was very impressed with your article.

Oh no!!! electric eel, i didnt take ANY offense and i hope you didnt take offense at me, i really did not mean it like that at all.
Actually every two years we travel to the US for six months, there we travel all over the place I always catch all the snakes i could possibly find (I spent hundreds of hours looking for them in every spare moment. however, my snake collecting habits screeched to halt when i got to brazil again, there are LOTS more species and lots more life threatening species. Also there are practically no books about them unlike in the US.
If you want photos of the snakes i have caught i wil make a post in my blog with them :biggrin:
I had a boa constrictor (HORRIBLY aggressive) but my mom made me get rid of it eventually.
About writing in a magazine, i already wrote one a year ago that got accepted but i really dont like how i wrote it. I also am waiting on word from 3 articles that i have submitted.

Thanks big bird! It is great when some one likes your blog. Electric eel, Pm me your email and and i will send it to you if you want.


Georgdev, thanks a lot!!
I finished another article which you can vie in the following link http://passionate4pikes.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/fish-collecting-outside-of-manaus/#more-468

Thanks again!!!