Neighbor Piranha Fishing in Ecuador Feb. 2019

[El Pescador]

Yes, you read the title correctly!!!

PIRANHA Fishing in Ecuador.

For those of you who have been to our home, the neighbor across the street and 2 houses down took these photos.

He and his wife were doing a eco-sailing trip around the Galapagos Islands - 300 miles west of South America.

After their sailing, they visited Ecuador and for one afternoon, they were fishing for PIRANHA!!!!!

Enjoy the toothy photos!!!

Wayne

here is their fishing guide - they used bamboo cane poles, a lenght of mono and a somewhat sharp hook with a piece of cut-up fish for bait.



He said they were difficult to hold in your hand, you really had to get a good "purchase" on the slabside.





Asked if he touched the sharp teeth to feel exactly how sharp they reely are, he said "NO WAY" - the Piranha have a biting mechanism that cause them to bite down when they feel something against their teeth.  WOW!  That's serious fishing.

[Fishy247]

Holy crap! I knew their teeth were gnarly, but WOW! Thanks for the pictures Wayne, don't think I'll be swimming in Ecuador.....

[El Pescador]

BUTT if you do decide to go swimming...

Best to wear a pair of Swimming Trunks!!!!

Wayne

[Fishy247]

Maybe if they are made of chain mail.....

[Alto Mare]

Wayne, I give your neighbor a lot of credit, there is no way I would ever pull the hook out of those.
I hear if you happen to slip in the water, there would be cleaned bones within minutes...no thanks.

They're good to eat though, but you'll never know what you would actually be eating

Thanks for the report.


Sal

[steelfish]

now that some extremme fishing !!

thanks for the pics

[broadway]

Sal, they probably taste like beef with all the cows they eat
Thanks for the pics of those toothy critters, Wayne
Dom

[biggiesmalls]

Awesome fish - they're actually nothing like the movies portray them. If you fell in the water, it'd be the same as if you fell in with any other fish. I've worked with them in aquariums before, they're quite boring.
Unless you've really got them riled up (aka a massive bloody animal fell in the water), you'd be just fine.

There are some places along the Amazon Basin where people catch black piranhas. They're "officially" documented to 16" long and up to about 6 lbs, but there are definitely some out there that are 10+ lbs.

Cool catch -  like canepole bluegills, with teeth!
Drew

[Fishy247]

A buddy of mine from 20+ years ago had a half dozen little ones(3" or so) in his aquarium. They were pretty mellow until feeding time! A dozen medium sized feeder goldfish would last about 45 seconds tops. Pretty amazing to watch!

[Benni3]

That looks like fun,,,, They quite selling them here because people was turning them loose in Smith mountain lake,,,,,