Peacock Palooza

The peacock bass bite is getting very good. It is there prime breeding time and we are seeing much more peacock bass with aggression that they are known for.  

These game fish are getting very comfortable in the Miami, Florida canals, completely out competing the largemouth bass that are rarely seen or caught.  

When these peacock bass have babies, they will fiercely gaurd them with their life.  A mother peacock bass will do almost anything to keep your bait or lure away from her babies.  

The most successful lure for peacock when they are bedding is some type of jig.  This looks like a bluegill or tilapia eating their eggs or fry and they will face up to your bait to try and scare your lure away.  When this does not work, the peacock will annihilate your bait and you hook on to a nice fish.  

But when these fish have free swimming fry, it is completely different.  You must use a suspending lure if they are close to the surface, such as a rapala x-rap, or a rattle trap if they are below the surface.  These lures are very successful and the fish destroy these baits as you move them through the ball of fry.