We had the pleasure of going fishing with the Willins Family from NY today. Bruce his wife Cheryl and daughter Sam, it was really cool. Sam is a girls softball player and they were in town for a 4 day long tournament. So, dad decided to do a family fishing trip in there off time which was a blast.

While I did not get any pictures myself, they did with there family cam. It was like we were filming a new peacock fishing show almost, I still can’t believe my battery went dead in my camera.

Sam started things off with a 4lb jack, what a great fighting fish. You can tell she fishes with her dad, catching blues in NY because her form was almost prefect. Then Bruce missed a few, I think it was more of a lite bite then his skills. He then followed up with a 2lb peacock bass which jumped off at the boat. After a few location changes and adjusting our retrieve of the lures everyone started to hookup. It was one fish after another for a while, I think Bruce broke off on the largest fish of the day. But, ended with a nice 3 lber on almost the last cast of the day.

The Willins family will be down again next year and we look forward to fishing with them again.

We have a Peacock bass website just for the South Florida fish, you can visit it at www.flpeacockbass.com. To keep up with our fishing reports visit our peacock blog often.

Remember the summer days were made for Peacock bass fishing, they love the heat!

Tight Lines,
Capt Todd
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Today I had out Meck Austin from Kansas City, Mo. Meck is here on business and staying at one of our popular Ft Lauderdale hotels and wanted to get for a half day of Peacock bass fishing.

We started around 6:30am and headed out to the fishing spot, knowing Meck only had a few hours we went right to the best fish I had. Once on the water and going through a few sample cast with Meck, he was all over the peacock bass. Almost four cast in a row, Meck had peacock bass on and was loving it!

About two hours into the trip Meck looks at me and says, “how about after the next fish we start heading back.” So, I looked up the bank and said, “cast right by that pipe.” and he did. Almost instantly he was hooked up for yet another Peacock bass fishing picture.

We boated 15 Peacock bass and spent less then 2 1/2 hours on the water. So, it’s safe to say, “if you have a few hours and your on business in the South Florida area” give me a call, let’s “hook up” for a few hours and go fishing.

You can also read my Everglades blog here!

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Capt Tony (954) 205-2535
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Today I had out return customer Bob and his friend Steve from popular Danbury, CT. Last time down they fished with Capt Mark Shepard on Lake Okeechobee and had great success on wild shiners. So today I decided t take them deep in to the Everglades for some fast action largemouth bass on artificial baits.

First thing in the morning we were checked by the Broward County sheriffs, really nice guy. He checked everything, including Florida fishing license…hey and we passed with flying colors. After blasting off, we slowed and landed at the first location starting with topwater action. I don’t know if it was the morning bite that we missed or the full moon, but there was not much of a topwater bite at all. Sometimes, you just need to go with the flow and not try to force feed them and that’s just what we did.

After a few line size adjustments, we found the combination that worked. once again our Danbury, CT crew had another successful trip boating around 25 bass in 4 hours. For all of you guys and girls in CT, we really appreciate all the support and business you provide us.

Cannot wait to see these two back for another round, we had a great time!

I look forward to talking fishing with all of you!

Tight Lines,
Capt Todd
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Today I have the pleasure of taking Frank and Shawn from Philly, PA. They are fishing with us for three days, today they decided to go after peacock bass in Miami.

The early morning was the best bite on artifical lures, I have not seen it this good in a while. We caught a few peacocks in the lakes and decided to move to some other spot that I have been producing numbers for me. When we got there, the bite was on with shiners. As the day went on, the rains started to get really bad. So, we went to take shelter at a bridge and while we were waiting we decided to fish under it. Great move, first we hooked a snook and then tarpon. The rain never slowed down, so we decided to call it a day. I do have Frank and Shawn for two more days. Today we ended with 14 peacocks, 1 tarpon, 1 snook and 1 largemouth.

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Tight Lines,

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  Today I had the pleasure of taking out Ernie Hockenstein on Lake Ida. Ernie, contacted us at BassOnline.com several weeks ago, his son lives on the Lake Ida change and has seem me driving around catching fish. Knowing Ernie loved fishing, he wrote down the name and number off the side of my boat and gave us a call.

Ernie and I had a great day and the morning was full of excitement. We started throwing a small pop-r lure, the peacock bass were just loving it. As the weather started to change and morning rains started rolling in, this called for additional change. So, we elected to go with a sub surface lure and started catching even more peacocks as day when on.

When the rains started coming down even harder we decided to call it a day, we ended up with fifteen peacocks in just 4 short hours. In any conditions this is a good morning of fishing.

Check out our Florida Peacock bass website for more additional information.

Tight Lines,

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Today I had the pleasure of being with Erica & Rick Skier from Palmdale, CA for two days of South Florida bass fishing. The first day of two days we picked them up at the Hard Rock Casino and Resort and then drove to the dock. When we left the dock in Miami this morning we decided to fish for Peacock bass, this is why they traveled from California.

We ran way south of the boat ramp and fished around the mouth of mainly bridges and some canals. The bait we were using were live shiners and for artificial we threw top-water , jerk baits and rattle traps. Within minutes of our first cast Erica scored with a few nice Peacock bass. As the morning went on we caught several more with a few nice ones. This day of fishing in the Miami area was filled with a lot of stories and action.

After a nice lunch at one the local watering holes, we were back on the trailer and headed to the Hard Rock.

On day two, I arrived at the Hard Rock Casino & Resort where they were right on time and ready to experience the Florida Everglades, as they have heard so much about.

We arrived at Everglades Holiday Park and headed out to my first location. being it was the weekend and fathers day there was a noticeable increase in boat traffic. So, we decided to make a few moves which paid off for the most part. Both, Erica & Rick caught fish at every location we stopped at, including a few bowfin which Erica seem to enjoy a lot.

You can also read my Everglades blog here!

Tight Lines,
Capt Tony (954) 205-2535
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Today we were very fortunate to have out the Powell Family which is based out of Austin, TX. There boys decided it would be a great fathers day present to take day dad to South Florida for Peacock bass fishing. Dad and the whole family were pretty excited about catching them, ever since they were in Hawaii several years ago and got a sample of the hard fighting Peacock. So, as a family they all decided Florida would be a great fishing vacation and a good place to catch more peacock bass at an affordable cost.

By the time they booked the trip, there ended up being four of them. The two boys and Mom and dad. Capt Brett and myself met them at the tackle shop and transported everyone to our first location for some Peacock bass fun. To our surprise the fishing started out slow, the water had risen from resent rains and the runoff created dirty water throughout the fishery.

After picking up a few small fish first thing in the morning, Capt Brett and myself decided to make a bold move. From our past experience, the fishing does not get much better in these conditions and this family only had one day. So we needed to make some major changes. Off we went in to the jungle of South Miami, in and out of lakes and canals till we settle on a old spot we both had fished several times before in this situation. A motto of ours is, “A great guide, is a guide that makes a good day, out of a very bad day of fishing.” We felt like we accomplished exactly that on this day!

It’s safe to say, this was the right move on this day. Between the both boats we boated over 60 Florida Peacock bass with some real quality ones coming late in the day. It was “dad’s day” as he boated over 20 peacock bass by himself with several of them over 4 pounds. But, it was Mom that took the wind out of everyones sails by boating late in the day a Peacock bass weighting nearly 7 lbs.

All in all, it was a great day for the Powell family and for us a well. This is a true fishing family, they enjoy and truly know how to get the most out of a day on the water.

I look forward to talking fishing with all of you!

Tight Lines,
Capt Todd
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