South Florida Everglades Bass Fishing

Luis Rojas and I were out fishing last Friday out in the South Florida Everglades and boated some nice fish considering how hot it is. We caught 12 largemouth bass with this nice beauty weighing five pounds. To catch fish like this in the Everglades is fun for this time of year. The water is usually so high we usually don't waste our time fishing much except on Lake Okeechobee in the mornings. Now peacock bass will bite good this time of year without much effort, but largemouth bass will shut quickly after the sun gets up high in the late morning.

South Florida Peacock Bass Fishing

We've had multiple fishing trips for peacock bass in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami canals this summer and have done quite well. Peacocks will usually bite no matter how hot it gets in South Florida. Native of Brazil and a tropical species, heat will get them feeding quite well. We usually recommend live bait because they will eat shiners much better than lures. The last trip I had we used all artificial bait and caught this beautiful butterfly from a Miami canal. As we head into winter the bigger peacocks should start to spawn again very shallow. Fishing for these guys up shallow is something exciting. Give me a call if you are visiting South Florida to arrange a fishing trip with me.

South Florida Peacock Bass

Now that the water is heating up our South Florida Peacock Bass waters should be wonderful for catching these beautiful Amazon fish. We are the only place in the continental U.S. that these fish can be caught. Hot water keeps the fish very active which we are finally experiencing. We had quite a few colder evening which will put these fish into shock. Once the water gets into the high seventies the spawning ritual begins and should last late into the summer until the rain shuts down the fishing again. Click the links on the right side for more information on largemouth bass or peacock bass fishing in South Florida. Or e-mail me at floridafishing@bellsouth.net or call us at (954) 445-1811.

South Florida Bass Fishing

The Everglades of South Florida for bass fishing is getting better everyday. Each week we've catching many fish with days over 100 largemouth bass. They have been mostly small but today Mike Greico from New York City boated this pig weighing in at 8 lbs. We only caught maybe 30 fish with this monster being the only good keeper. For more peacock bass or largemouth bass fishing southern Florida around Ft. Lauderdale or Miami e-mail me at floridafishing@bellsouth.net . Or check our other great websites about Florida fishing on the right side blogroll links.