Mike Joyce from Boston and a nice 4 pound butterfly peacock bass!
The peacock bass fishing in Florida is awesome! This summer is going to be one of the best that we have seen in years. The bigger fish are starting to be caught on a regular basis as they are shallow and spawning. You can catch them a variety of ways as Mike got to experience today.
We started out flippin’ a small live shiner onto the bedding fish. After we landed a few that way… we went to a small banjo minnow in a pearl color. That works better sometimes than the live bait! I also showed Mike how to catch a couple on the fly rod which is a lot of fun. Finally and best for last was the topwater bite. I bet we had 25 fish in just 5 hours!
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Richard from Tampa with a nice peacock bass in Miami
Rich left Tampa at about 2 a.m. to be able to meet me in Ft. Lauderdale by 6!! Now that is dedication! I knew right then that it was going to be a great day. After about 30 peacocks Rich said “I’m going to take a break for a while…you go ahead and fish.”
Naturally I picked up a rod and went to work. I started with a jerk bait and hung a couple small ones. Then to the fly rod on some bedding fish…that was some good fun. Finally I grabbed the topwater stick that had a zara spook jr. tied on and got a few nice topwater peacocks to bite. I think I must have caught 20 or so before we finally called it a day. It is going to be a great summer of bass fishing here in South Florida so come on down!
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Click the PLAY button above to watch a video on fly fishing peacocks
What an awesome thing it is to catch a peacock bass on a fly rod! A 3 pounder on a 5 wt. feels like a freight train! They are so fast that the fly fishing technique offers the most challenge in catching these fish. I hope that you enjoy the video.
Come on down to South Florida and give me a call if you would like to do some fly fishing for peacock bass in Florida. I look forward to having you aboard!
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Clifford Chaplin with a pretty peacock bass in Miami, FL.
Clifford’s birthday present from his fiancee’ was a peacock bass fishing trip! What an awesome girl! I met the couple at a gas station near the boat ramps and we were off. After catching a couple in the first spot that we stopped at and one or two at the next ‘I decided to make a little move to an area that I had not fished in a while.
Well, we found them stacked in there. We spent the rest of our day catching peacock after peacock until the afternoon thunderstorms forced us off of the water. We actually waited one out under a bridge with a cold drink and some fishing stories. What a blast!
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.’s best catches of 2008!
Hey guys here is a little video / slideshow we put together of some of our best catches last year. We hope that 2009 will be much better! Hope that you are all doing well and catching some nice fish yourselves!
Tight Lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
Bob Boss with a nice butterfly peacock bass in Miami, FL.
Bob and I had a tough couple days of bass fishing. We ended up catching some nice fish after all but we definitely had to work for them. This rain has not made things easy on the fish or us fishermen. The water management has every pump in the southeast on right now and is blowing it down south and I guess out the estuaries.
The water levels are also way up from a week or so ago and that gives the fish a lot more room to move around in the grass. I think now it is time to start slowing down a bit and working the bottom. We will see what happens over the coming weeks. I do expect a great summer of bass fishing here in South Florida.
Tight Lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
Ryan Yamashita with a peacock bass in Miami, Florida
Today Tom brought his grandson Ryan out for a day of bass fishing here in South Florida. The guys actually wanted to catch both a peacock bass and a largemouth in the same day. So, I suggested my split day trip - the guys agreed and we were off.
We started launching out of Holiday Park in the Florida everglades. The bass fishing was very slow with all of the current running down the L-67. The water was also really dirty. We did manage a few smaller bass up to 2 pounds or so. After that experience we headed south to the Miami airport lakes and redeemed ourselves catching a good number of peacock bass up to 3 pounds.
Tight Lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
A nice largemouth bass at Holiday Park in the Florida Everglades
The water has come up incredibly fast in the past week. About 3 feet to be in the neighborhood. The boat trails all have water running back into the flats and are loaded with garfish. I have also seen a few nice bass back in the flats as well but my better fish are still coming from the canals. The one above was caught on a Storm softside crankbait.
The summer is here early so plan a trip to South Florida and make time for some bass fishing! See ya soon.
Tight Lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
Nick and his brother came down from D.C. to fish the everglades with us!
We had a blast catching a bunch of fish today out at Holiday Park on a variety of artificial baits. With all of the new rain it has brought the water levels up over 2 feet in just 4 days. The water is being pumped swiftly down to the south end of the state and the fish are going to be found outside of the moving water. They will come out into it to feed but that’ about it.
For us today it was a 90% topwater bite on a frog. I have been throwing a Stanley ribbet toad in black and watermelon pearl. When that bite slows down I pick up a crankbait or the flippin stick. All in all we had a great day with our best 5 fish going about 15 pounds. Come on down and lets go bass fishing!
Tight lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
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Jorge and Carlos from Miami came out to do some peacock bass fishing!
My two clients and new fishin’ buddies Carlos and Jorge put these videos together from our trip the other day. Pretty cool ‘eh! We had about 30 peacocks up to 3 pounds or so. Come on down and film one for yourself!
Tight Lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
Josh Campbell with a pretty peacock bass in Miami, Florida.
Sorry for the date stamp being wrong on my camera…I had replaced the battery and not reset it yet…Josh was down from the Atlanta area on some business but found the time to sneak away to do some peacock bass fishing here in Miami. We met at the Antonio Maceo park and were off. Since Josh only had 4 hours to fish we went right to the canals and about catching some peacocks.
A half day trip and 15 peacock later we headed back for the ramp so Josh wasn’t late for his afternoon meeting! Awesome! Come on down and lets go peacock bass fishing!
Tight Lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
David Herzka came down from New York and caught his largest bass ever!
After we let the fish go I asked David what the biggest bass he had ever caught was and replied “That one”! with a smile of course David had fished with me on Christmas morning for peacock bass in Miami and this time he brought a friend along to share the fun out in the Florida everglades.
We caught lots of fish today on artificial baits and some on live baits as well. The guys had a blast setting the hook all day long. We also got a huge mudfish that was over 10 pounds.
Tight Lines,
Steve McDonald
Bassmaster Guide Service Inc.
If you plan on being in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach area and would like to experience some of the best bass fishing that our region has to offer. Give us a call at (877) FLA-PKOK & (888) 8-GLADES or email us at booking@bassmasterguideservice.com
David had fished with me on Christmas morning for peacock bass in Miami and this time he brought a friend along to share the fun out in the Florida everglades.