I.rar Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 went out today in the blistering heat for a couple hours. first cast with my BC i got a nasty backlash i couldnt get out so i fished the rest of the time with my light spinning rig. cought a few small LMs on a 4" kinami stick bait t-rigged but that bite quickly turned off. decided to throw some cranks and a shallow shad rap i picked up with no bites. so i moved to another spot on the lake and fished the stick bait some more and landed couple more hungry smaller LMs. i quickly realized why i havnt bought any yamamoto or kinami baits - they just dont hold up at all. just as i was thinking about leaving , i decided to wacky rig the torn up ones. cast it out and let it sink. twitch it a couple times. then i felt a slight 'mushy' feeling so i set the hook. ... i immediately thought i set the hook into the rocks. NOPE! my line took off like mad man. i held the rod tip high to try and get the beast from behind the drop off. shes swimmin left and right and i can feel my 6lb mono line rubbing against the rocks as my lines being stripped. i seriously thought i was going to loose it at that moment but then i see the familiar light green side of a peacock! my heart started racing. she saw me , i saw her and we both panicked. shes taking off to the deep while im trying to keep her in the shallows and it seemed like she wasnt getting worn out at all so i stepped in the water when i had her close and lipped her! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! the picture doesnt do the fish any justice. id guess she was probably close 5lb. maybe more. i dont have a scale but i do know it is the biggest peacock ive cought. man , i forgot how much these things put up a fight. Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 5, 2010 Super User Posted June 5, 2010 Bout time you got into one Nice fish. Surprising that you caught it on a plastic. Peacocks rarely ever eat the soft plastics. I bet that was a fun fight on light tackle. Quote
GonzoFishing Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Nice fish, congrats! I love the fight peacocks give you ;D Quote
I.rar Posted June 5, 2010 Author Posted June 5, 2010 Bout time you got into one Nice fish. Surprising that you caught it on a plastic. Peacocks rarely ever eat the soft plastics. I bet that was a fun fight on light tackle. i know! it took me long enough. a year and some change ago , i would catch them on watermelon super flukes like it was my job. now they didnt want anything to do with whatever i had...untill today. this was my 3rd or 4th wacky rig fish , so it was a huge surprise. i never really throw them because of the drop offs - i always get snagged. the fight? oh man....ill just say my confidence in 6lb suffix seige went way up lol. Quote
I.rar Posted June 5, 2010 Author Posted June 5, 2010 Nice fish, congrats! I love the fight peacocks give you ;D thanks. i dont recall ever seeing you around the forum. where are you at in dade? Quote
Fish-r Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 Very cool fish/story. I really need to do some research on where to get into one of those and take a trip down south a few hours Quote
DRhodes Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 Oh how I would love to catch one of those. Nice fish Quote
I.rar Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 same fish , different picture. had trouble uploading this one. after looking through some older pics , i think one of my previous pea's may have been bigger, but it was caught on live bait. Quote
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