TRAIRAO
The trairão (Hoplias lacerdae) is a traira on steroids! Imagine a 50 pound mudfish. This is it! This scaled species is almost a black with highlights of grayish on its body scales. The abdomen is usually white or off-white. The eyes are big and black. The dorsal fin is in the center of the body. It has a huge mouth and razor sharp canines. The largest trairão are found in slack water next to major rapids, typically not seen on the Unini River. It will take an assortment of subsurface lures, live and cut-bait. It will run and make acrobatic leaps like a tarpon.
