Peacock Fishing Trip – Ft. Lauderdale

[David D.]

I had a blast peacock fishing with George Scocca and Mark Forster earlier this week. We spent two days with a guide in the Ft. Lauderdale area targeting these beautiful fish. We spent the first day sight fishing urban canals in the area, catching them using jigs. We had to navigate through numerous culverts (minimal headroom) as shown in the pictures. The second day we fished the canals of the Everglades off Alligator Alley, catching primarily on jerk baits. Both days were productive with a variety of catches including peacocks, largemouth bass, Mayan cichlids, oscars, gars, tiger bass, and George even caught his first gator! The second day Mark was fly fishing, and he was catching a variety of fish on almost every cast!

A great time was had by all!

 

[David D.]

I had a blast peacock fishing with George Scocca and Mark Forster earlier this week. We spent two days with a guide in the Ft. Lauderdale area targeting these beautiful fish. We spent the first day sight fishing urban canals in the area, catching them using jigs. We had to navigate through numerous culverts (minimal headroom) as shown in the pictures. The second day we fished the canals of the Everglades off Alligator Alley, catching primarily on jerk baits. Both days were productive with a variety of catches including peacocks, largemouth bass, Mayan cichlids, oscars, gars, tiger bass, and George even caught his first gator! The second day Mark was fly fishing, and he was catching a variety of fish on almost every cast!

A great time was had by all!

Here's a picture of one of our culvert/tunnel passes!

 

[Grover]

What does the culvert empty into?

 

[David D.]

What does the culvert empty into?

What does the culvert empty into?

We were fishing urban canals

 

[David D.]

We were fishing urban canals

The culverts were to maintain flow under roadways, so passing thru simply led to the continuation of the canals.