Peacock bass
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Search complete. 32 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Peacock bass".
Oct 7, 2026
Dan DennisHOST
Who is obsessed.
Dan DennisHOST
He does peacock bass fishing, which is Billy Bass's Brazilian cousin.
Dan DennisHOST
Yeah.
Tom VannHOST
He
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John CoxGUEST
He wouldn't know about that.
John CoxGUEST
My
Dan DennisHOST
son gave a peacock bass to a homeless man in Miami one time because he was like, hey, let me get that fish.
Dan DennisHOST
And then it was flapping in his backpack as he rode away.
Rodrigo SallesGUEST
If we don't do the right thing, we'll be the last generation that will still fish wild places in the Amazon.
Steve HaighHOST
And that was Rodrigo Salas on the tremendous peacock bass fishing on the Rio Maria in the Brazilian Amazon.
Steve HaighHOST
Yes, folks, coming up, we're headed into one of the last great wildernesses on Earth where giant peacock bass can destroy your gear, 300-pound arapama can be caught on a fly, and where anglers will find pristine waters untouched by modern civilization.
Steve HaighHOST
Rodrigo has spent more than 25 years exploring this incredible place, working alongside indigenous communities to protect these wild rivers.
Steve HaighHOST
And along the way, I might add setting two IGFA world records for peacock bass.
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Rodrigo SallesGUEST
No, it's not the same.
Steve HaighHOST
All right, so let's talk about peacock bass a little bit.
Steve HaighHOST
So your website said that giant peacock bass don't just fight, they wage war.
Marvin CashHOST
On this episode, I'm joined by Michael Williams, the driving force behind Nomadic Waters.
Marvin CashHOST
Michael shares his passion for the people, places, and peacock bass of the Amazon, and we take a deep dive into all things Nomadic Waters.
Marvin CashHOST
I think you're really gonna enjoy this one.
Marvin CashHOST
But before we get to the interview, just a couple of housekeeping items.
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Michael WilliamsGUEST
We need to work on the presentation, work on our casting a little bit, make sure that we are ready, that we understand a, a strip set, hook set.
Michael WilliamsGUEST
We understand how to fight these fish.
Michael WilliamsGUEST
Because, you know, it's, it's hard to imagine until you actually hook into a peacock bass just the sheer power of these fish.
Michael WilliamsGUEST
Uh, like a 12-pound peacock bass will shatter a 40-pound leader in, in one run, on its first run.
Ron ScharaGUEST
Um, we were on a houseboat where we lived on a houseboat and they pulled our boats, uh, Russian made, uh, engines on them, but, um, um, pulled the boats and we'd go fishing every day to a different place.
Ron ScharaGUEST
And a peacock bass is the one I couldn't think of.
Ron ScharaGUEST
Peacock bass.
Ron ScharaGUEST
It's a great fish.
Ron ScharaGUEST
Um, did you ever catch one? No, I wish.
Ron ScharaGUEST
Yeah.
Ron ScharaGUEST
And actually, there were so many piranhas hanging out, they pushed him to the surface and just hung on and turned him around, turned that fish around.
Ron ScharaGUEST
It was a small peacock bass.
Ron ScharaGUEST
Um, we were on a houseboat where we lived on a houseboat and they pulled our boats, uh, Russian-made, uh, engines on them, but, um, um, pulled the boats and we'd go fishing every day to a different place.
Ron ScharaGUEST
And, uh, peacock bass is the one I couldn't think of, peacock bass.
speaker_0HOST
Ah.
Ron ScharaGUEST
It's a great fish.
Ron ScharaGUEST
And the piranha struck that fish.
Ron ScharaGUEST
And, and they actually, there were so many piranhas hanging out, they pushed into the surface and just hung on and hung, and turned him around, turned that fish around.
Ron ScharaGUEST
It was a small peacock bass and, and literally, and it wasn't long, it was just a, my, the head and the skeleton of this thing.
speaker_0HOST
Sounds like a nightmare.