Arapimas

A visit to an Arapima Farm

This was our first excursion, a local raising one of Peru’s food fish, the Arapima or Paiche.

 

A 2 year old, 100 pound baby
A Beautiful catch, just a baby
A BIG!! Mata Mata turtle
A food fish I would kill to have in a tank
 
A hybrid Pacu, a cross between a red and a black pacu
A lake full of hybrid Pacu
A rest after a good meal
A veiw of the lake where the breeder Arapimas are kept
 
Baby Arapimas
Bringing in the net
Can't wait to see the catch
Cleaning our lunch
 
Cooking lunch
Fishing for Arapima
Our lunch,Silver Dollars,Pacu,and tilapia