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Peacock Bass
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Peacock Bass - Micropterus salmoides
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Butterfly Peacock Bass, Cichla ocellaris

Peacock bass are limited to Southeast Florida; including Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Within this area, the species is further restricted to the major deep-dredged canal systems due to its very low tolerance for cold water conditions. Only those canals deep enough to extend into the water table offer winter protection. Fish will spread out during the summer and warm winters, but these canals are where the heaviest concentrations and largest fish will exist.

Most of the equipment and techniques you use for largemouth will catch some peacock bass, but few adjustments will increase your catch ratio considerably. I am not an expert on peacocks but the following tips seem to work.

1) Forget the worms. You can catch a peacock with one, but it will be a rare event.

2) If you are using live shiners, small ones seem to work better than large.

3) Jerking motions near the surface seem to trigger the most strikes. A Blk/Gld Rappala seems to be the #1 lure for peacocks. Sluggos seem to work about as well as they do with largemouth's.

4) You can keep fishing right through the brightest afternoon. Under bright conditions that would send a largemouth into deep cover, the peacock will be active and looking for a fight.

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