OMG!!!!! You should have been there!!!!!!!

Not even sure how to go about this it was so good, but will start from the beginning!!!!!
The first day we found Bogota a very beautiful city that was much cooler than I was expecting, temperatures were about a high of 60 and low was in 40’s. The hotel was not the one I thought we were going to be in but it was very nice (name was Cite and will have to do my itinerary over for next trips) and their was plenty of nice restaurants all around us within walking distance.
Next day we found our self’s on a plane to Inirida in which we flew the government airline called Satena which was a very nice Jet which took an hour. Upon landing they brought us for a home cooked lunch at small private restaurant in Inirida and then we were quickly brought to the river in which we boarded our boat for our two hour boat ride to the camp, being this was the first trip of the year we ran into our first kink as the first two boats had engine problems and this trip ended up taking us 6 hours and we would end up missing the first afternoon of fishing as we got into camp way after dark.

First day of fishing was marked with a lot of adjusting and what I could see right away was it was a great topwater bite especially for the big prop baits like High Rollers Rip Rollers and the old wood choppers if you still have them. I lost three Rip Rollers on the first day as the water is still high and they would get you into the trees right away. I usually always throw 50# braid, I am recommending 65# braid for this trip for the future, the peacock bass are on steroids in this area and appear to be lifting weights, very strong and very mean!!!!! We caught many teeners and I believe 9 peacock bass 20# up to 23#. I hate to say this but the 50# line was too light and I lost some monsters in the tree’s I believe that were bigger (I know, sure the “big” one got away), but they were!!!! You all will love this bite at this camp!!!! We found the water dropping when we arrived but with three days of rain had the water levels coming up those days and began dropping again the last day. The fishing was still good and the outlook for next trips is even better for water levels. The guides were fair, not up to River Plate/Demini/Kalua standards but the trade off was big fish and their are plenty of these big fish in the areas we fished. With time the guides should improve, they know the areas like the back of there hands but are not the most experienced with our style of fishing and/or helping as of yet. The boats were different and had a few flaws that can be fixed and they are working on it but they are safer than most Brazil boats and more stable. Very fish-able no matter.
The camp was very nice and reminded me of the early years with River Plate, no A/C but we had a nice sized fan that kept it cool at night and we had a queen sized bed in each 10′ X 20′ tent on a hard wood floor set up about 3′ off the ground. They were very comfortable!!!!! The food was very family styled and very good with a great variety throughout the week and they would adjust the food to your liking, tents were kept clean and laundry was done everyday though because we had three days of on and off rain drying the clothing was on the tough side but it all worked out great. The camp staff was top notch and very accommodating!!!!!

I have added on some new weeks that we can send anglers down and will post them on the next international update but if you are looking to go I highly recommend this trip!!!! Give me a yell at 954-609-3671 or just write me back at sflpeacock@aol.com.

A few pictures from the week: