6th of July Fishing Report

[bassnman]

There's nothing like having a boss who gives you a half day off to celebrate our country's birthday. I headed for the lake and found the peacock bass to be cooperating again. The water dropped another foot since the 4th, but there were several big boats on the water. I came across a bass tracker as well as Bill's Ranger. I boated 10-12 peacocks while several others wrapped around the logs and got off. The biggest one was pushing 5#, here's a picture of him:




This guy put up a good fight. It took about 15 minutes on my 8# line and light aberdeen hook. He was happily released so another lucky angler can enjoy catching him. Good Luck!

[roadwarriorsvt]

Nice looking fish! Wanna share what you were using to catch them?

[Stan Wright]

I don't know what he was using for bait, but I know exactly where he was fishing.


21 29' 45.42" N
158 02' 34.49" W
The camera is looking East.

[bassnman]

Caught almost of all my fish on live minnows. They were much more effective than lures and flies. On one shoreline, I was able to pick off 5-6 peacocks fishing behind a guy using a flyrod. He caught one, but the bass seemed to like the real thing much better.