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A friend and I wanted to challenge our fishing skills by attempting some new species in Florida (we live in PA and NJ). We flew to Miami and immediately drove our rental to Iggie's Bait & Tackle to grab some flouro leader and live shiners. We drove around from spot to spot fishing in the middle of the city in the canals, ponds, and lakes for peacock bass or anything else that was biting. ON THE VERY FIRST CAST of the day, my buddy hooks up with a beautiful peacock using a hard plastic bait. A few spots later I hook up with my first, second, and third peacock. There were some smaller fish around, but the only other type of fish I managed to hook was a 28 inch gar that broke off when my dumb friend grabbed the line instead of the fish when attempting to land it. (I am not bitter at all about this
) It was alot of fun, but very hard work to locate the bass because it was impossible to sight cast them with the winds HOWLING from 15-25 mph.
The weirdest thing about fishing these canals was that there was NO ONE else in any of the spots we fished. Unlike NJ, there was zero competition for getting to the fish first. The best thing was every freshwater fish we caught was within 15 min of the airport. I cannot wait to go back. Shout out to sandwashslugger for advice on targeting these awesome game fish!
The weirdest thing about fishing these canals was that there was NO ONE else in any of the spots we fished. Unlike NJ, there was zero competition for getting to the fish first. The best thing was every freshwater fish we caught was within 15 min of the airport. I cannot wait to go back. Shout out to sandwashslugger for advice on targeting these awesome game fish!


