Schooling Peacock Bass

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Schooling Peacock Bass

Postby Stan Wright » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:57 pm

:D
Heard the peacock bass were schooling near Boy Scout Island
on Wed.
The only lure they caught fish on was a small ( "secret" ) lure.

I arrived late, about 10:00 AM, and Chris said the action was a lot
slower today... with scattered sporadic schooling action. They moved
on and I stayed. When the fish started busting I tossed one of
the ( "secret" ) lures and got 5 hits on the first cast, but no hookup.
On the second cast I hooked this scrappy 2 pounder. See, it pays to just keep reeling and let the fish set the hook.
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That's the County Yard in the background... by that point where
the Urban Outdoorsman has the blue tarp and the smoky camp fire.
I tried a lot of other lures, but they only hit the ( "secret" lure)
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Even though the action was a lot slower on Thurs than the day before
I had a great time. This 1 1/2 pound peacock bass was good fun on
the light 4# test spinning tackle. I could probably have caught a lot
more fish if I had just stuck to using the ( "secret" lure)
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Postby roadwarriorsvt » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:56 pm

Kinda odd for the peacocks to be schooling in Jan. but I'll bet it was good fun!
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Schooling Peacock Bass

Postby shanai » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:44 pm

Hmm, the small ( secret ) lure works again. Were they working one-fourth
of the time you were using them or was it more like one-eighth of the time.
Last year, the small ( secret ) lures caught nothing as the Tucs seem to prefer other lures.


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Postby Stan Wright » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:05 pm

My feeling is... the smaller the better. :lol:
1/4 or 1/8 didn't seem to matter.
But that "secret" lure was working best 100% of the time.

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Schooling Peacock Bass

Postby GaBoy » Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:59 am

"I could probably have caught a lot more fish if I had just stuck to using the ( "secret" lure)". I'm sure you removed the lure before taking and posting the pics. :lol:

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Postby Stan Wright » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:00 am

:oops:
Oh, yea... no? I knew I forgot something. No Wait, I removed it... I remover the "secret" lure before I released the fish.
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Postby Ahnkochee » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:04 pm

Your secret's safe with me! :wink: :wink: :wink:
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