My partner Bud Randall and I fished the HT3 Summer Slam event in the ‘glades!
The bite in the everglades right now is getting better every day that we have this hot weather. With the water in the flats reaching 90 degrees it has become too hot for some of the bass and they seem to be seeking the deeper/cooler water in the canals.
I have been guiding so much for peacock bass lately I did not know what to expect for this tournament and we simply fished areas that have traditionally held fish this time of year. Well, we were right on for the most part. Bud got us started with a nice 3 pounder that we later culled out and then a fish about 4 pounds on a worm. I fished my strengths on top and came through with 4 nice fish of my own including one about 6 pounds that I had to hand line to the boat after my line broke! We wound up in 2nd place with 5 fish that weighed 19 pounds 8 ounces. Jeff Justice and Dan Shelton edged us out with their 5 fish winning sack that went 20 pounds 6 ounces. What a blast!
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Mark and Robbie from Royal Palm Beach with 4 beutiful peacock bass in Miami!
What do you get when you mix great friends, fellowship, weather and food?? A day bass fishing with us thats what! The guys came down last night and stayed at the LaQuinta inn and suites so they did not have the 90 minute ride early in the morning. After picking the boys up at their hotel we loaded the boat with shiners from B.J.’s bait and tackle in Plantation and we were headed south in search of some peacock bass.
Mark had caught a few smaller peacocks up in Palm Beach where they are steadily growing in numbers but had not seen any like we have down in MIami. We launched at the airport lakes and fished a run that I have been staying on for the past couple of weeks. Once again it produced 20 peacock bass and some other exotics in a full day trip. At final count we had 21 peacocks, 2 or 3 largemouth bass, 2 jaguar guapote, a mayan cichlid and a talapia. That is 5 different species in 1 day! Come on down and experience the world class fishery that we have rightin our own back yards!
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Jeff Lauer from Fort Lauderdale and his buddy Jason came down for peacock bass!
Another successful day of peacock bass fishing is in the books and I have 2 new friends that will be back next year for sure. Today was interesting to say the least. We had a number of things that tried to stand in our way today but we still managed 20 fish in just 3 1/2 short hours.
I got the boat in the water to find out that the button on my trolling motor (a brand new Minn Kota) was acting up. So, thanks to some nice guys that used to work for Shallow Water customs in Ft. Lauderdale…we were able to bypass the button and go about our business. We got right on the fish and they ate great for us until the afternoon thunderstorms came and forced us off the water. Come on down to South Florida and experience the thrill of landing your first peacock bass!
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Shawn, Shawn Jr. and their cousin Jean-Phillipe with some nice peacock bass!
What a great day I had with 3 locals from the NE Ft. Lauderdale area! It is not very often that you meet another native Floridian but we had 3 or 4 on the boat today and had a lot of fun. Jean_phillipe took the early lead with a couple nice peacocks and a Mayan cichlid or two. Shawn and Shawn did manage to catch up though just like I knew would happen.
We caught fish at just about every place that I stopped which kept the boys busy most of the day. The guys had originally wanted to see the everglades and with the two young anglers on-board I suggested that we go for peacock bass and I think that was a good move. However there is still a decent largemouth bite in the glades if you are in the right sector and with 25 pounds winning last weeks tournament there ar still big fish to be had.
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Steve and Jenny Duri with 4 beautiful butterfly peacock bass in Miami!
I had a fun day with a great couple from the Virginai/D.C. area. I picked Steve and Jenny up this morning in the boat behind the Miami airport Hilton. Since the hotel is right there on the water we stayed in the blue lagoons for the first half of the day and caught 15 or so up to about 3 and a half pounds before heading into the canals.
The move was a good one yielding us a few more peacocks before lunch. We ate back at the Hilton as Sonias was closed today and had a good lunch there on the water. After lunch we went right back at it in the lagoons boating aother dozen or so. What a blast!
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Jonathan and Sam from the Naples area came over today for some peacock bass!
What a fun day I had with 2 very good young fishermen. Both guys are prolific with a fly rod and it was great to see them enjoy catching the peacock bass on the fly. We also caught a bunch of fish on spinning tackle as well as baitcasting gear for the topwater action. The boys could throw it all!
I ran a familiar pattern today down at the airport lakes and again it produced 25 or 30 fish in just 7 hours up to 3 and a half pounds. No great big ones today but we had a series of nice fish and really did not catch very many small ones. Come on down (or over) to Southeast Florida and experience the best light tackle peacock bass fishing in the country!
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Brett and his buddy Brian from Miami with some beautiful peacock bass!
I was out with a couple of local boys today from the Pinecrest area of south Miami. Both Brian and Brett are good fishermen and wanted to get out for a day in some of the canals and lakes that they have been driving by since they were kids.
We started out in the lakes by the Miami international airport and had a great time landing 8 or 10 peacock bass and a mayan cichlid or two. Then we hit the canals for the rest of the day. I think that we had about 25 or so today in 7 hours. Our biggest peacock was an 18 inch male that gave Brett a great fight. He is holding it with the Boga Grip above.
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Summertime bass fishing in the Florida Everglades!
I had a day off today to do a few things and a new prop that I needed to run on the boat so I headed out to the park. The water is very high right now…spreading the fish out and they are well into their summer pattern. This makes the fishing difficult to say the least. It seems that you have to work for each and every fish right now out at Holiday.
I ran around some areas of the flats today that I used to fish as a kid and caught a few keeper sized bass on a frog and had a few big fish wake the toad that did not bite for me. I also landed a couple dinks that were caught on a senko. You can safely navigate a lot of the interior sections of the marsh right now and in my opinion that is where your hours are best spent during the high water. Plus it is beautiful out there. Just make sure to have your flag and a cell phone or radio.
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Scott McCoy and the boys with some nice peacock bass in Miami!
I had a great time this weekend and we caught a bunch of fish. I was out Saturday the 26th with Franco and Martin from Argentina. We had a great time boating about 20 peacock bass up to 3 pounds on live shiners and couple on the fly rod.
Sunday the 28th I had a blast guiding Scott McCoy, his son Blaze and Blaze’s friend Coy..better known as Mr. William Hung….aka “Bill:”…ha, ha, ….to about 35 peacock bass in the Miami area.
Today the morning weather did not want to cooperate with us. So, we waited it out under a bridge catching some small snook and a few cichlids. After the sun came out it was on. The guys went to work in the lakes and started putting fish in the boat. Coy took the early lead but Scott and Blaze ended up catching up. Blaze landed one peacock that was 19 1/2 inches long. The fish was easily 4 pounds and it probably won’t be long until he gets to be a 5 pounder. You can see a picture of the fish on page 22 of our photo gallery.
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Alex Campuzano from MD. with a pair of nice peacock bass in the Miami area!
Alex “Big Al” Campuzano and I ventured into the “urban Amazon” in search of those peacock bass that we have here in South Florida. What a fishery it is to say the least. I do not know of another system around that can consistently produce 20 to 30 fish days for people on every day of the week all year long. Sure some days are better than others and at times it gets a bit slow but you can count on one thing and that is you will catch fish.
We were the only boat in the blue lagoons today so we stayed and caught about 15 or so and could have kept catching them there but I wanted to hit the canals for a while. It was a good move as we had a bit more shade and we boated two really nice fish as you can see above along with some other small ones. We ate a great seafood lunch on the water at Sonias during a thunder storm and then it was back to the canals for a few more peacocks. I think we had about 30 on the day. What a blast!
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Leland and Carter Creel with 2 nice peacock bass in the Miami area!
What a fun day I had with this father and son team from the lonestar state. It was a beautiful sunny day in South Florida and the fish bit great for us. We started out right off the bat with a nice peacock bass before we even got in the boat. That set the tone for the rest of the day.
We fished around the airport lakes for a while catching a bunch of peacocks sight fishing and then it was to the canals and some other spots for a few more. We called it a day around 12:30 with between 25 and 30 landed for the day.
On another boat…John Pate had Mike and Paul who are down from Canada out today on the same water as us and reported landing about 25 peacocks as well and one big fish about 5 pounds. They also boated a 5 pound Florida snook.
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Kelly Burgardt and his soon to be in-law Walker with 4 nice peacock bass!
Boy was it hot today but man did we have a great time as well as catch some nice fish. I also have 2 new friends in Kansas. I have been fishing the airport lakes a lot lately but have been moving around a lot so I do not put too much pressure on the fish in a certain area. It has been fun with a lot of other boats around but I am still managing 20 to 30 peacocks a day up to 5 pounds.
Kelly started the day out with a nice peacock on a torpedo and Walker followed minutes later with a 2 pounder of his own on a shiner. Kelly had some vicious strikes on that chrome and blue baby torpedo but only the one fish did we peg. After 20 fish or so in 6 hours and one big one about 5 pounds we packed up and headed for the comforts of home.
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Ray Villwok with a pair of beautiful Miami peacock bass!
Ray came down from Palm Beach and met me at B.J.’s bait and tackle in Plantation where we loaded up on shiners and ice for the day. We headed south from there to Antonio Maceo park on the blue lagoons where we launched the boat.
Ray boated 20 fish today that included 13 or 14 peacock bass, a snook and some big mayan cichlids. After a productive morning and with the heat of the day building we decided to call it a day at 12:30 and headed for the house. We will see what tomorrow brings.
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Mike Fleming and his buddy Tommy in the Miami lakes and canals!
We had a fun day with local boys Mike & Tommy. The two guys are fishing buddies and wanted to celebrate early for Mikes upcoming birthday. Being from the Miami area the guys are used to catching peacock bass and good ones at that. So, today was more about them learning some of the fishing areas near their homes rather us focusing on catching a bunch of fish.
I moved around a lot today and we hit a few fish here and a few there. It was a good day with the guys landing 20 peacocks or so in 8 hours. All in all we saw a lot of water today and I think the guys will enjoy fishing some of the areas that they learned.
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