Here a fishing report from top angler Leonard J. Kouba
just come back from a fishing trip in the deep jungle of the Amazon.
" I was fishing at a camp that a friend of mine built in an
extremely remote part of Guyana. He fishes a 52 mile stretch of the Essequibo
River and adjacent lagoons where literally we never saw another human being.
I
was fishing in a lagoon that we portaged into and was lucky enough to hook and
land a very large arapaima. I was using a six and a half foot rod with a
casting reel spooled with 80 lb power pro line. The lure was an imitation
wooden bluegill(a North American panfish) pattern.
After a long fight my
guides were able to subdue, carefully measure and release the fish. The fish measured 121
inches or 3.08 meters long with a girth of 54 inches or slightly more than 137
cm. Using the formula girth squared times length (all in inches) divided by 800
the estimated weight comes out to 441 lbs - 199.7 kg