Going to South Florida for a continuing education course and am bringing my rod in hopes of picking off a peacock bass, since I've always wanted to catch one. Does anyone have experience with this? Are there any public access fishing spots to canals/ponds holding peacocks? I figure its worth a try.

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Posted by UFownstSECsince1950

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Posted on 7/12/13 at 10:50 pm to LSU Tigershark

I just moved right between Boca & Ft. Lauderdale 6 months ago. Been trying every week for 6 months to catch a peacock with no luck. They're out there and everyone I talk to sees/catches them with some regularity.....just not me

Apparently there was a freeze down here a couple years back that killed off most of them. Your best chance would be to head even further south towards Miami. Any water/canal/pond you see on the side of the road (which is everywhere) will have something in it.

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Posted by Child of the Missip

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Posted on 7/13/13 at 1:28 pm to LSU Tigershark

Lake del Ray

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Posted by Child of the Missip

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Posted on 7/13/13 at 1:31 pm to LSU Tigershark

In Boca their are a couple of neighborhoods with huge peacock bass...you gotta find those on your own.

But lake Del Ray has a lot of them you need a boat and a white fluke.

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Posted by LSUwag

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Posted on 7/13/13 at 2:47 pm to LSU Tigershark

Be sure and buy a fishing license. If caught without one, it is a misdemeanor in Florida. go to myfwc.com to buy it online.

Wish they were as far Noth as Orlando. I would love to catch one too.

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