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The first report for July isn't a Peacock Bass report but rather
a Largemouth Bass report.
This first trip was only a half a day trip with the largemouth as
the quarry. The client wished to do
a little flipping South Florida style.
With not a whole lot of time for this trip it was off to L-67, a
canal off of The Tamiami Trail (Highway 41). We decided to try a
nice little area with a mix of Bullrushes,
lilypads, peppergrass, and hydrilla. What more could you ask for.
We found the bass were hiding in areas that
had at least two of the different types of cover coming together.
They didn't care whether they where flipped a
worm, lizard, or a crawdaddy, they normally would wait until the
bait broke through the cover and then they would strike.
Most hits were real light, but the big fish of the trip slammed
the lure, there was no guessing on whether it was a
hit or not. Only seven bass where caught in the four hours of
fishing time, with the largest just under four pounds.
Stay tune for more updates as they become available.
Back to Peacock catching .... This trip was one of those days that required Sam
to dig into his bag of tricks to insure that his clients caught fish. It didn't
matter what kind of lure was being thrown, the Peacock would charge after the lure,
strike at it but miss the lure. Sam had the clients speed up and slow down the
retrieve but it just didn't matter, attack, strike and miss. Live bait wasn't the
answer either, we would take a shiner out of the livewell place them on a hook and
within a minute of hitting the water they would be belly up from the heat of the water.
Our clients had 80 + fish strike their lure but where only able to set the hook on ten
peacocks with an average weight of almost three pounds. Our clients had a good time
and didn't care that they didn't catch more fish. The way they figured it they had
thir chances at over eighty fish but just couldn't get the job done.
These reports are provided by Sam's Peacock Bass Guide Service.
Sam's Peacock Bass Guide Service is no longer in business but there are some nice pictures still on his old site.
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