Peacocks Are Spawning Again

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Looks like with the change in weather and all the rain that has been pouring in, the Peacocks are spawning again. For those of you looking to get out and catch a few south American beauties, right now might be a good time to do it. Here in Broward I was standing on my dock watching pairs of them cruising around. Some already had balls of fry around them. Just look for the fry boiling on the surface, toss a lure in the area and hold on. Let the fun ensue.

[piscicidal]

Yep. I've caught three peacocks in the past two weeks after catching none in over a year and a half.

[GLADES]

Great news. Hopefully we will have a mild winter to replenish the population.

[kiko13]

Great to hear....time for a visit to my brother's place in Miramar.

Ernie

[Big Al23]

There's a pic of a Peacock caught in Webster Lake here in Mass. Supposedly someone brought it up here and put it in there. Don't think it will live though. Sure are beautiful fish.

[SirSnookalot]

I got a local report that some peacocks were caught in the Weaver canal, that's a mile north of Boynton Beach Blvd., runs east and west. Lots of shore access and I do know of a seldom used boat ramp in the area.

[JoePhish]

I got a local report that some peacocks were caught in the Weaver canal, that's a mile north of Boynton Beach Blvd., runs east and west. Lots of shore access and I do know of a seldom used boat ramp in the area.

How far west were they caught?

Also, where is that boat ramp you mentioned?

I was recently fishing the canal south of Boyton Beach Blvd and a woman who lived on the canal told me she's seen Peacocks.

[SirSnookalot]

The ramp is just off NW 13 ave east of Congress

The peacocks were caught near sears just west of Congress.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=26.538924,-80.079067&spn=0.005135,0.014656&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=6

[Diggy]

Is that canal great? Im always looking for places and Ive never been there as you can see.

[Bassndood]

The ramp is just off NW 13 ave east of Congress

The peacocks were caught near sears just west of Congress.

http://maps.google.c...=h&z=17&vpsrc=6

Thanks for the tip SirSnook. I don't think I would have ever found that ramp without your map and directions.

[SirSnookalot]

Thanks for the tip SirSnook. I don't think I would have ever found that ramp without your map and directions.

It's pretty hard to find if you didn't know it was there. It's in a safe residential neighborhood. I would not recommend fishing from shore there, not much access, but by boat that canal can take you to a lot of good fishing water. From that ramp you cannot go too far west, a mile or 2, there's a spillway, but eastward is good,

[Bassn Blvd]

Just put in at Lake Osborne and motor south. You'll run right into that canal. only a 15 minute boat ride, if that.

[JoePhish]

The ramp is just off NW 13 ave east of Congress

The peacocks were caught near sears just west of Congress.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=26.538924,-80.079067&spn=0.005135,0.014656&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=6

Thanks.

Turns out that was the ramp my buddy and I launched from the other day. I was hoping you knew of a different one.

We turned south at the "crossroads" and fished down up to the 95 overpass.

Next time maybe we'll just keep going west.

[Flangler]

I know exactly where that is Joephish. We will hit that up next time!

[Fishing Cowgirl]

Catching a nice peacock bass is most definetly on my wish list for 2012.

[scout15]

Fished Weaver Canal at the crossroads in Boynton on Saturday between 6:00am - 10:30am . Very windy. Caught 4 peacock bass 2-4 lbs ripping a silver tiny torpedo along the shoreline. Caught 6 largemouth also. Missed quite a few more.

Nice to see the Peacocks are making a comeback in Palm Beach County.

[SirSnookalot]

Good news !

I've fished the Weaver many times from shore @ Hagen Ranch, close to my home.

[salmicropterus]

Fished Weaver Canal at the crossroads in Boynton on Saturday between 6:00am - 10:30am . Very windy. Caught 4 peacock bass 2-4 lbs ripping a silver tiny torpedo along the shoreline. Caught 6 largemouth also. Missed quite a few more.

Nice to see the Peacocks are making a comeback in Palm Beach County.

Anybody know of any P's being caught at Ida/Osborne or the adjacent canals?

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Actually got out on my little lake for an hour today. Saw a couple more Peacocks that had fry around them, and a couple of absolute monsters sitting on a bed under the neighbors dock. Looked like they had just moved up. Darted off the very instant a lure got anywhere near them. One of them made the fish in the picture I posted not long ago look like a minnow.

Good to hear that they've started to make a comeback a little further north. That's going to make a lot of people happy.

[salmicropterus]

A guide friend of mine who focuses on Peacocks spoke with FWC last week. They said they have been doing extensive shocking of the canals in Palm Beach County to get a handle on populations. They confirmed the presence of P's in the C-16 but said that was the only place they've been found by their shocking. They suspect those were transported from down south. Not to say there aren't others and I hope and wish there are-just haven't been found by their shocking process

[LgMouthGambler]

Saw a few the other month in the canal that runs along Sawgrass Expy near where it joins to US27. They wouldnt bite at anything, were about 3-4 lbers. Also, there are a lot of snakeheads that are in that canal system that are migrating around. They got in there from the C-14 canal.