Miami Peacock Bass Update
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:24 pm
I got to fish several hours on Saturday and again on Sunday.
The peacocks were just not where I usually find them. Those spots were receiving a strong easterly wind and water was choppy and murky.
I finally managed to ease into the leeward shore of a couple of lakes and caught four fish total in about 7 hours of fishing.
I estimated one fish at 21" length, a good fight on very light spinning tackle. Second largest was 19".
The water had come up a foot or more after the TS Andrea rains of Thurs and Friday. This should improve the peacock bass fishing as I have read that they turn to the spawning business once the rainy season starts.
I did walk the bank of the Snapper Creek Canal between Sunset and Kendall Drive. The water was running fast from the TS rains and I never saw a peacock bass.
The peacocks were just not where I usually find them. Those spots were receiving a strong easterly wind and water was choppy and murky.
I finally managed to ease into the leeward shore of a couple of lakes and caught four fish total in about 7 hours of fishing.
I estimated one fish at 21" length, a good fight on very light spinning tackle. Second largest was 19".
The water had come up a foot or more after the TS Andrea rains of Thurs and Friday. This should improve the peacock bass fishing as I have read that they turn to the spawning business once the rainy season starts.
I did walk the bank of the Snapper Creek Canal between Sunset and Kendall Drive. The water was running fast from the TS rains and I never saw a peacock bass.