Peacock Bass

Species Information

Scientific Name:	Cichla species
Common Names:	Peacock Bass
Environment:	Lake, River
Ideal Temp:

About Peacock Bass

Peacock Bass Fishing

World Record:
# Fish Caught:	61 documented in database.
Earliest Record:	4/2/2000 4:25:00 PM and located at 25.93197, -80.33045.
Latest Record:	2/19/2024 10:16:00 AM and located at 36.28554, -92.51408.
Common Techniques:	Casting, Fly, Jigging
Popular Lure Types:	Crankbaits, Flies, Jigs, Plugs, Soft Plastics, Spinnerbaits
Fishing Spots:	1 Peacock Bass fishing spots.

Latest Peacock Bass Fishing Reports and Spots

Chico - 2/19/2024 10:16:00 AM

Great profile on an icon of the saltwater flats Chico Fernandez At eighty-four he is spry and fit and thanks to consistent tai chi and a decent (View)

A little work a little fun and some nice fish! - 11/25/2023 8:33:00 AM

I fished the patch reefs in Key Largo the last 2 weekends and had a couple good days of Yellowtail and Mutton Snapper. I fished Flamingo a coup (View)

Change in Season! - 10/31/2023 11:15:03 AM

The past week or so the weather has changed. We have had hard NE winds which pushed the mullet through Biscayne Bay. I got out with my son Jame (View)

Jack of all Waters! - 4/9/2023 12:44:45 PM

This past week I have fished Biscayne Bay Flamingo Key Largo and Holiday Park. It’s kind of cool not have to drive to Flamingo every time I fis (View)

Fished Biscayne Bay Flamingo Key Largo this week! - 2/23/2023 9:26:33 AM

Definitely best fish of the week! I covered a lot of water in the last week. I fished with long time clients Tim and Paul at Flamingo one day B (View)

A little bit of Winter! - 4/2/2000 4:25:00 PM

We have seen some really low water temperatures since Christmas. The water temps have been as low as 49 degrees. The fish really don’t care for (View)

Post Hurricane Ian Fishing is Good! - 10/14/2022 9:43:33 AM

The last couple of weeks the fishing has been very good! I have fished all of Biscayne Bay from north end all the way south into Key Largo. The (View)

Labor Day weekend in Key Largo! - 9/7/2022 10:03:20 AM

It’s Labor Day weekend I’m down in Key Largo and we had some of our friends down. I initially wanted to get offshore but it was just a little t (View)

Gigantic Peacock bass in Columbia - 8/22/2022 9:35:00 AM

Great way to kick off the week with some monster peacock bass fishing action in Columbia Cortney Boice of Blue Halo joins Meredith McCord and fr (View)

A couple days with big Numbers! - 6/16/2022 9:26:15 AM

This past week I fun fished in Key Largo for Mahi Mahi and Muttons but the full moon ( I’m guessing made it tough). Once I got back to my playg (View)