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28 LB Speackled Peacock Bass

FishQuest! hits the jackpot this 2010 season with February bringing world record success to two of its fishing anglers in the Brazilian Amazon. Bill Gassmann on Capt Peacock and George Walters on River Plate Cabin Barges shattered the two all tackle peacock bass world records with Gassmann’s 28-pound speckled peacock and Walter’s 16-pound butterfly.

“This has been a remarkable experience,” says Judith Weible of FishQuest! “Every year, we book several hundred Amazon peacock bass fishing trips, but we never imagined two FishQuest! anglers getting world record peacocks in the same week.

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