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Great chance at a large peacock bass true trophy peacock in an intimate jungle setting. These floating bungalows can take you to the most inaccessible headwaters regions.
If you're hunting for a real shot at a world-record peacock bass, then this is the place for you. This trip delivers more 20+ lb. fish/week than any other Amazon fishery.
This one-day trip is available as an add-on to an Acute Angling trip. A chain of 5 isolated lakes independent of the floodplain; fishable during the season!
Take your own River Monsters fishing trip! Preserved in a remote area, this unique fishery provides anglers with a wide variety in fish species.
This premium accommodation accesses some of the complex shallow backwaters and less accessible fish-laden regions. This barge flagship lets you go anywhere!
The most consistent fishing trip in the Amazon! This beautiful yacht roams the enormous Rio Negro basin, concentrating on accessing productive waters.
If you’re looking to catch a variety of fish species, then this is the trip for you. Enjoy the diversity of sport fish and the various fishing techniques used to catch them.
The lower Paraná River is generally known as an area that delivers a high quantity of fish. When conditions are good anglers typically catch 10-30 dorados a day!
EXPLORE THE EXPERIENCES
Great chance at a large peacock bass true trophy peacock in an intimate jungle setting. These floating bungalows can take you to the most inaccessible headwaters regions.
If you're hunting for a real shot at a world-record peacock bass, then this is the place for you. This trip delivers more 20+ lb. fish/week than any other Amazon fishery.
This one-day trip is available as an add-on to an Acute Angling trip. A chain of 5 isolated lakes independent of the floodplain; fishable during the season!
Take your own River Monsters fishing trip! Preserved in a remote area, this unique fishery provides anglers with a wide variety in fish species.
This premium accommodation accesses some of the complex shallow backwaters and less accessible fish-laden regions. This barge flagship lets you go anywhere!
The most consistent fishing trip in the Amazon! This beautiful yacht roams the enormous Rio Negro basin, concentrating on accessing productive waters.
If you’re looking to catch a variety of fish species, then this is the trip for you. Enjoy the diversity of sport fish and the various fishing techniques used to catch them.
The lower Paraná River is generally known as an area that delivers a high quantity of fish. When conditions are good anglers typically catch 10-30 dorados a day!
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Can I Catch Peacock Bass In Florida? Florida vs. Amazon Peacock Bass
This is the most common question I get asked at trade shows. My answer? Yes and no.
While the peacock bass in Florida and the peacock bass found in the Amazon are both part of the Cichlid family, they are very different sportfish.
The species of peacock bass in Florida is the Cichla, Ocellaris (1). In the United States, it is often referred to as the Butterfly Peacock. However, it is not the same species nor grows anywhere near the size of the Cichla, Temensis species found in the Amazon Basin.
In Ken Schultz’s book Essentials of Fishing, he gives a brief history on how the Ocellaris got to Florida:
The butterfly peacock, which does not attain the gargantuan size of some of its brethren, was introduced in Hawaii from British Guyana in 1957, and in Florida in 1984 and 1986 by fish from Brazil, Guyana, and Peru: it has also been stocked in Puerto Rico, Panama, Guam, and the Dominican Republic. (2)
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the Florida state record is 9.11 pounds. (3) The IGFA all tackle World Record for the largest species of peacock bass the Cichla, Temensis is 13.19 kg (29 lb 1 oz) (4).
Largemouth bass and bluegill are all in the sunfish family (5), but I don’t believe anglers would say that fishing for largemouth bass is the same experience as fishing for bluegill. In a similar fashion fishing for the Ocellaris is fun, but it can’t be compared to the larger, stronger, and predatory aggression of the Cichlid, Temensis.
If you need additional proof, call me, book a trip, and find out for yourself. 😊
1. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Ecological Risk Screening Summary-Butterfly Peacock Bass. Web version 6/14/2018.
2. Schultz’s, Ken. Essentials of Fishing. (See page 15)
3. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/freshwater/butterfly-peacock/
4. IGFA.org https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/freshwater/butterfly-peacock/
5. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Sunfish Family Tree
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