Drag the bait about 25-40 yards behind the boat, ripping the bait forward every few seconds. As the rainy season ends and the dry season ensues in the Amazon basin, waters recede back into the main river or simply dry up. Deeper terrain traps pools of water referred to as lagoons. Ranging in size from small pools to immense lakes, these lagoons can trap hundreds or thousands of fish, as their access to the main river or large creek has been cut off. Accessibility of anglers to lagoons can vary drastically.
Some lagoons are very obvious and located just off the main river channel.
Others may require your guide to machete his way through foliage and fallen trees as he snakes the boat within a narrow creek to toward a hidden honeyhole. Still others may only be reached by hiking into the jungle and fishing from shore or from a boat that has been planted in the lagoon beforehand. Fish both visible shoreline cover as well as the middle of the lagoons. If you've thoroughly fished a lagoon for 45 minutes and have not had a strike or have not observed baitfish schools or any surface or feeding activity, it's time to search for another productive one or eliminate the lagoon as a pattern. Whether in a river or lake, rocks of all sizes concentrate peacock bass.