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What I got for my birthday. A fish
Spent my bday in the jungle. My brother and I wanted to pull some random tropical fish from the river. We asked around and we got a “we know a person”. We met up with a lodge worker. He was wielding a machete hacking back the growth. The mere mention of fishing, he dropped the sword and said “now?”. The mans passion is fishing. He can only fish if a tourist wants to go. He was stoked to get away from yard work to catch fish
Done deal. We worked out a price we show up at the boat with our ultralight rugs. He asked me what strength line we had. I spprox 2.5 kilos and he started laughing. He runs off and gets a few extra rods. They looked like salt water rigs. The dude spoke zero English. We relied on our feeble Spanish and the universal language of fishing. In summary; we caught these! I pulled up this monster. A Pacu! It was a heavy fish. My biggest freshwater fish for sure. We used our tiny rods to pull up bait-fish. They looked like tiny catfish we see in aquariums. 
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Ya know, Pacu are often sold at petsmart, etc. when they are the size of a silver dollar....
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08-05-2018, 07:26 AM
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Happy birthday, that is a pretty big fish.
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08-05-2018, 07:45 AM
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Happy Birthday Vash, nice catch for your special day!
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08-05-2018, 07:48 AM
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Trying to decide which of you is better looking in the photo!
Just kidding Vash, very cool catch, a local pet shop used to have a huge Pacu in a massive tank in front of the store. Related to Piranha if my brain is working right; any of them around to catch?
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Nice...are you going to clean and eat it?
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Well done and happy birthday Vash.
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Nice, good score!
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Dude, that’s awesome!
Good trip? |
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Happy Birthday!
How many dishes will we see in then "What's for dinner?" thread? Quite a few I imagine! 
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Congrats!
Nice fish!
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So, in keeping with true VASH fashion, will we see this fish featured in that other "What's for Dinner" thread ?
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We took a cooking class, and I mastered the Pisco Sour! I want to go back to see the Amazon river. That pacu was from a tributary of the mighty river. Food was awesome. I managed to stay food poison free.  Macchu Picchu was mind boggling. As were the other Inca sites. I also learned about ancient grains. I’ll never look at Quinoa the same again. They do a lot with the super food. Some old lady told me how to make a porridge with it. I made it for breakfast this morning.
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I was going to release that fish when the guide told me in Spanish not to. That thing fed a village. All the lodge workers ate it. They grilled up half of the smallest pacu for us to try. It is a firm, flaky white fish.
My brother and I watched them grill them up. Universally; I think a open fire is a male gathering. Surrounding the fire was a group of young men. All nodding and poking the fire with sticks. Exactly what we do here. Nobody understood a word I said. They grilled the fish with no salt or pepper. Plain.
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Happy birthday. Looks like you're having too much fun - better get out of there!!
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That thing looks like a watermelon with fins.
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Sounds like a killer trip! Great story. Thanks.
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Wow...what a fish and vacation...thanks for sharing! You nailed it about the fire and poking at it....I just gotta
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Sounds like a great time. Happy birthday. 
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Happy BD Vash - hell of a fish and trip! Glad you are doing something nice and recovering at the same time!
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