Have you seen this thing called a Payara? Has two teeth in the lower jaw that are so long they extend through the nostrils if the mouth is shut. I've seen mounted ones and seen them on, "River Monsters." Jeremy Wade calls them Vampire Fish there.
Can you describe the taste of these Tucanare? Are they better than our bass? I know they aren't bass; they're cichlids. I think they're also called Pavon, with an accent mark over the "O".
Were you bothered by piranha?
Catch any Arapaima? How do they taste? They grow to huge sizes. Hundreds of pounds.
One guy on another board is an Argentine. He's eaten the Dorado, sort of a golden salmon-like fish and says it's terrific when grilled right. But they don't get as far north as the Amazon.
There are some in the Rio de la Plata by Buenos Aires.
What are the Brazilian knife laws? I almost never see Jeremy Wade with a knife, but Animal Planet is pretty anti-weapons and he's British. Probably can't carry an ordinary pocketknife at home. I'd sure want a Swiss Army knife in my pocket and a sheath knife on my belt with a machete or two nearby. Would that be legal? Ray? Anyone else know?
I'm guessing that foreign visitors can forget having a gun, and I think Brazil now bans most hunting except by primitive Indians.
