Got out to the pond at 0830.  Nobody there but me.  I fished for 2 hrs with nothing.  Then I got hit on a JuneBug AlluringBait 5" stick.   Stomped the skunk, but I couldn't get rid of the AvidCam.

Then, I was about to leave when I thought I saw the golden flash of a peacock.  Boy ain't I glad I took those 30 - 40 "last casts".  Gold #8 xrap.  I saw this pair swimming in a circle.  I sightfished them and got 'em!!

Special thanks to the Florida boys for the tips on how to get it done.

Al

do the peacocks get big in florida like they do on those tv shows in like Venezuela

Yes and no.  I've heard of two and a half footers. I've seen two footers.  I've never caught anything that big.  The ones down there are always in warm water.  They get old.  Every 3-5 yrs we get a cold snap that freezes the water (65 degrees  ;D ) and kills the peacocks.  I can only dream of hooking onto a three footer.  These fish are nasty.  You gotta see my thumb.

Al

Nice Peacocks, they really do do a number on thumbs...

Hey dude,

How do you get the pix to go sideways like that  ;D

Well done young feller.

That's awesome!

I really want to go fishing down there this year sometime. Are there any good peacock lakes close to Tampa?

WTG Al!  Your persistence paid off nicely!

Dan

Nice p's. Thumbs up to ya.

Thanks guys.  I was glad to break the hard bait curse.  I noticed they'd hit on the pause.  Always the same, fast.  I did get a couple of 'eh hits.  Where I'd feel them hit and load up.  Then they'd let go.  The monkey says this wouldn't happen if I'd put the Owners on there like he told me, but I wouldn't listen.  ;D

Nice Fish Al. Congrats! Looks like you got the same problem I do, alone with only a crappy camara phone as your witness.  ;D

Wat up alex, niice fish. When are you gonna let me come down there and show you how to peacock fish? Cause you know i got all my peacock experience when i lived in jersey :  lol

Wait till you see the real peacocks that are loose in my moms neighborhood.  These things are all over the place.  They make this loud squak that is like a clowns horn.  They parade down the side walk in full feathered plumage.  Wierd, but is Miami, it's always wierd down here.

Scott the only peacocks you saw in Jersey were the Puerto Rican girls in Union City struting their stuff down Bergenline or Kennedy Blvd.  ;D

Sweet!

I see you have the Avid pose with the lightninrod, double grab (fish and rod)  NICE!  (you need BIGGER glasses to be Avid though )