“Once you get to the Amazon, you have to love the rainforest or you hate it straightaway”, says Jakub.
(03:02)To find one of the Amazon’s most elusive river beasts, Jakub Vágner is treking deeper into the rainforest.
(03:06)While trying to catch an arapaima, Jakub soon gets fierce competition for the bait.
(03:05)After days of hiking and canoeing Vágner reels in the biggest arapaima he’s ever seen.
(03:09)The legendary fish isn’t done yet and nearly knocks Jakub into the lagoon.
(02:31)Vágner ventures into the world’s largest rain forest to go head-to-head with the giant piraiba catfish.
(03:08)Jakub faces new challenges as he goes deeper into the Amazon jungle in Peru.
(02:49)To find a piraiba catfish, Jakub will need to re-stock his supply with new worms.
(03:01)Despite what other fishermen say, Vágner prefers to stay in his boat when fishing at full moon.
(02:52)Jakub fights with an enormous predator and almost gets dragged to the river’s bottom.
(03:15)After a ten day expedition, Vágner is finally face to face with the mega catfish of the Amazon.
(03:09)Vágner travels by any means necessary in search of the Nile perch in Lake Turkana, Kenya.
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