Miami Butterfly Peacock Bass in Florida!

May and June this year for Peacocks have been given us fight, but producing nice quality of Butterfly Peacocks.  These are exciting  hard fighting beautiful unique fish.  The Peacocks are only in South Florida area Broward and Dade.  They were brought to Miami in the 80's  for tourism. At this time The Florida state record is 9.08 pounds, but the world  record fish up to 12 pounds have been caught; current IGFA all-tackle world record is 12.6 pounds (caught in Venezuela); 13 of the 16 current IGFA world records caught from Florida waters. 
Till next time tight lines and good fishing….
From Staff Writer BASSonline – fishing@bassonline.com
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Peacock Bass Florida Vacations!

Vacation Getaways-Miami Hilton with The Cliff Carey family from Lebanon Tennessee onboard on December 17-19. The first day the weather was really bad we managed to get four hours of fishing at Airport Lake before it got so bad we called it quits. The first day  was only 4 hrs with 12 peacocks.  The second day we fished out of the Everglades and caught thirty fish up to 4lbs.

The Carey had a really good two days fishing even if with the weather conditions and made the very best of it! Look forward to seeing these guys in March, Happy Holidays!

Till next time tight lines and good fishing….
From Staff Writer Capt Brett Isackson (bretti@bassonline.com)
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Peacock Bass Fishing in Miami a Reel Adventure!

Fishing in Miami is always a real treat, you just never know what your going to catch or see. The urban fishery on the west side of the Miami Airport is great location for those Exotic Peacock bass.

The Blue Lagoon has Hotels, Corporate Offices, Condominium's, residential homes, Sonia' s Restaurant one of the locals favorites, Golf Course, homeless, lots of birds, and huge Iguana's.

I had a great fishing adventure, not only did I catch those hard fighting Peacock bass, I caught a tarpon around 18lbs on light tackle with live bait using shiners, this fish kept jumping out of the water and putting on a real show, but luckily I was able to bring him. This urban fishery we caught 7 peacocks and 2 snook it was awesome Half day trip. All those Exotic hard fighting fish exhausted me out so I had take a break at the Hilton, they have a Tiki bar with great food by the pool. Please call us we can hook you up on some great getaways!

Sunny Regards,

From Staff Writer Lori at BASSonline) lori@bassonline.com
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Peacock Bass Fishing in Miami can also provide Big Tarpon

September 11, 2009 had the pleasure of taking out Gil Phillippi. He was a referral from one of our many repeat customers, we like to thank everyone who sends us new customers. Customer giving referrals are highly appreciated and means a lot to us that we are doing a good job and putting the right effort in to them all.

Gil was after the exotic hard fighting Peacock Bass that are only in South Florida area for the United States. Gil wanted to throw artificial baits all day, we started off with topwater plugs. His first catch was a nice snook that just “exploded” on his bait. Gil caught a nice two pound peacock off topwater and as day went on we went to throwing sub surface lures.

The mid afternoon was slow, but things picked up near the end of day. He caught about twelve peacocks and a nice tarpon on light tackle, 10lb test!.

The thing about Miami you just never know what your going to catch! Its an awesome urban fishery locate close to everything.

Till next time tight lines and good fishing….
From Staff Writer Capt Brett Isackson (bretti@bassonline.com)
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Florida Peacock bass, the start of 3 days

Mike Juneau and his son Mike Jr. from Denham Springs, LA decided to take on our three day variety pack trip once they know they were coming down to South Florida and were looking forward to getting in some Florida bass fishing. It was a planned trip for Mike Jr’s graduation and a present from Dad.

The first day they selected to start there fishing adventure down in Miami area for the mighty Florida peacock bass. They started off throwing top water with a couple of hook ups right away. The first strike of the day being a snook, overall it turned out to be another great day of peacock fishing with action getting better as the day went on. They ended up around 25peacock bass for the day and were all geared up for day two on Lake Okeechobee.

If you are in the South Florida area and would like to try your luck at Peacock bass fishing, give me call!

You can also read my Everglades blog here!

Tight Lines,
Capt Tony (954) 205-2535
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Lake Ida Fishing Report 5-20-2008

Today I fished Lake Ida area with Gene & Neil from Wellington, Fl which seen my new article on Fly Fishing for Florida Peacock bass in the May 2008 Florida Sportsman magazine.

So, after they read the article we had full intentions of fly fishing for the peacock bass with some of the new techniques that were written about. As always, weather (high winds) are never predictable and today it left us with very few options to choice from. Even so we started with the flies and rapidly realized it wasn’t going to work and pulled out the spinning gear.

We then switch to topwater lures and even live bait in some cases to provoke the bite. All said in done, we caught around 10 peacock bass that ranged from 1-1/2lbs up to 5lbs.

Mother nature didn’t provide the day we were looking for, but Gene & Neil scheduled a new trip next month to fish the Florida Everglades while fly fishing for trophy largemouth bass.

If you are in the South Florida area and would like to get a couple of hours in on a Peacock bass fishing trip, give me call!

You can also read my Everglades blog here!

Tight Lines & Good fishing,
Capt Brett (954) 445-4516
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Peacock Bass Fishing Report, Florida

I took Steven Boelsche and his brother Doug from Pinalls, FL out for a fun filled day in Miami for the mighty Peacock Bass.

It started off with some topwater fun, we nailed a snook right off the bat. The rest of the day was awesome with action all day.

We decided to take a break from catching Peacock bass and fish a split-day which a full day trip with a lunch break in the middle.

After the lunch break, back at it the action was hot like we never stopped. We caught Peacock Bass from 2 to 4 pound and ended up catching around 25 Peacock bass all day.

If you are in the South Florida area and would like to get a couple of hours in on a Peacock bass fishing trip, give me call!

You can also read my Everglades blog here!

Tight Lines,
Capt Tony (954) 205-2535
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Florida Peacock Bass Report 05-12-2008

Today we had out Brian Pitell and his dad from Sevenfields, PA. They flew in for business and decided to fine time to fish a couple of days with us. The first day was in Miami for some hard fighting Peacock bass. Neither angler had ever caught a Peacock bass so I know this was going to be a real treat, and was it ever!

Because of travel arrangements we never started fishing until late afternoon, but this just proves what I have always said, the peacock bass bite all day.

They started out with a few average size Florida peacock bass, then with just a little experience under there belt it happen. Dad, hooks into a 5.12 lb peacock that simply show both of them why they are called the "mighty Peacock bass". After a good long fight, dad landed the beautiful fish and we took those unforgettable pictures that should last a life time.

Sorry, but the picture will be posted soon. They caught in the half day afternoon 20 plus fish with the 5.14lber being the biggest on this day.

W are going to get a early start tomorrow for some Everglades bass fishing on day two, so check our Everglades blog for the day two fishing report.

Tight Lines,
Capt Tony
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Florida Peacock Bass Fishing

If your a fishing enthusiasts and you have never experienced the hard fighting peacock bass, we hope this peaks your interest enough to take your first trip. The fact that you reading this blog demonstrates you share our excitement. We have had thousands of clients in search of the mighty Peacock and would be delighted if you would allow us to make your next trip a dream come true with one of our professional Florida bass fishing guides. Weather you fish conventional style or like fly fishing our guides are equipped for any angler, novice or the enthusiasts.
We fish for the mighty Peacock bass from several different urban locations, to get directions to the most common location click here. The fishing will consist of small lakes, canal systems and deep water structure. The Peacocks can be caught several different ways, the most conventional is topwater, although rattle traps, hard stickbaits and some plastics work exceptionally well. Live bait is always an option and especially good for running up the numbers. The fly fishing enthusiasts will get a thrill for sure, as the Peacock will test your skill and equipment.
Although its basic shape very closely resembles that of the largemouth, it is not actually a member of the largemouth family. It belongs to a family of fish known as "cichlids", one of that boasts more than 1,000 species worldwide and is well known to tropical fish enthusiasts. Like the largemouth, the cichlid prefers to ambush unsuspecting pray from a stealthy vantage point and demonstrates a gluttonous appetite. The similarity ends there, however the Florida Peacock bass is much more eye appealing than its North American counterpart, colorfully adorned in varying shades of green, blue, orange and gold. Don't let this appearance fool you however. It's one of the toughest freshwater species in the world, the bone-jarring strikes, aerial acrobatics and line-stripping runs make it the ultimate quarry for both the fly and plug angler. It routinely breaks line and destroys tackle.
Although four distinct species of peacock bass, known as pavon in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Brazil, are from South America, at lease two or more of the species have made its way to North America (South Florida).
A common characteristic shared by all the species is the black circular "eye spot" dramatically rimmed in gold on the base of the caudal fin. Since this spot closely resembles the one found on the tail plume of the land dwelling fowl, and the profile of the species resembles the North American largemouth, the name Peacock bass became the perfect moniker. The butterfly pavon is one of the most colorful and more plentiful. Typically average two to four pounds, but as seen in the picture above they are getting much larger. (7.6 lbs)
Hope you decide to join us on your next fishing adventure!

Tight lines,
Capt Todd Kersey
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