Air temperature this morning was 59 degrees. Water temperature was in the low 70s causing the peacock bass to be very inactive
Ben Wong had his video camera and was following along as Chris hosted two anglers for a day of peacock bass fishing. Keith Nishioka is from Hawaii. (That's him holding the red devil.) Paul Michele is the National manager, sales and marketing for Yo-Zuri lures. He was showing us the Pen's Minnow and a few of the new lures that just came out. They ended up catching several nice peacock bass and a few red devils.... and one catfish??????
In the afternoon as the water temperature rose a little the peacock bass became a little more active. But all in all I would say they were not that aggressive. One half hearted chase and they were gone. Not the normal slashing strikes where if you miss the first hit, they keep attacking the lure.
Anyway, Ben got enough video footage for a "Peacock Bass" segment.
Aloha,
Stan
