wayne Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 I'm going to be headed down next month and I want to try to catch a Peacock.. The airport canals are well advertised, but it would be more enjoyable fishing somewhere less urban. . Are there Peacocks in the glades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conocean Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Peacock bass fishing? You're starting to scare me Wayne.... Yes, there are peacocks in the Glades (not near the coast) and in hundreds of other lakes in Broward and Dade counties that you can find on Google earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarpon Terry Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 On the way to Flamingo (by car) from Homestead, try the canal just out of Homestead. One of my Orvis customers loves it. He fly fishes for them from the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBottomBluz Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 I forgot about the canal TT is talking about, I have heard the same thing but when you are that close to Flamingo, well? The residential canals are best, we have a few local boat ramps, one in particular is behind the Falls Shopping center, the flood gate has one ramp going East and one going West, I grew up on the canal to the West. Both are great but I hear FPL wants to close access to these ramps but last check they were open and a guy was running his guide service for peacock bass out of these canals?!?! There is a canal between 8th street and highway 27 parallel to Chrome Avenue at the door step of the everglades but I do not know if the ramp is open, there was two, one just off of 8th street and another before 27 both on chrome. I have taken my second largest peacock out of there on a POP-R along with tarpon, numerous largemouth and huge tilapia. Talk to the guy's at Mack's fish camp located at Chrome & 27 and see what they got to say, could use their ramp probably, nobody around there except gators & skeeters and hopefully peacock bass! I will look for a link of the South Florida canal system for you I have somewhere. What part of Miami Dade you staying at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBottomBluz Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Click this link and pick your canal system and open them up, even have boat ramp locations http://myfwc.com/fishing/freshwater/sites-forecast/s/metropolitan-miami-canals/ The peacock fishing guide I spoke about was Alan Zaramba (spelling??) he has a piece in the Miami's herald sport section fishing report every Thursday on freshwater fishing and usually tells you who is catching what & where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted July 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 I live up here in Melbourne and in my younger years I could leave at midnight, drive down and fish all day.. Not so much anymore.. I've never caught one and I would like to break up the drive some.. I don't have a set spot to stay.. Paul, I grew up bass fishing, it wasn't until later in life when I made it over to the river.. They look like they would put up a good fight.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatsdoctor Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Definiitely not that big!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbum321 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 fish the canal you pass over between florida city and the keys. launch is to the left. ocean side. it is pretty remote when you run in it. run about 11 miles to the east to the weir we caught 23 in there one day. fish top water early you will see them on the "flats" along the away back depending on water level but is will take a long cast to get those fish to eat. fish them from the middle of the canal. this is the first one I caught in that canal. they a many in the canals out tamiami trail but I would not fish my maverick in most of those canals. dragging over weirs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbum321 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 I am sure we could have caught more with spinning tackle all came on fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donh Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Lake Ida and Lake Osborne are full of them. dh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBottomBluz Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 http://myfwc.com/media/1521504/Freshwater_C111_Aerojet_Canal.pdf This is the canal fishbum321 is referring to. This canal, if my memory serves me correct is the same canal as TT referred too at the entrance to Everglades National Park just the opposite end. The abandoned missile Silos along the canal that are left over from the cold war are pretty cool as well. The canal was used to transport rocket fuel via barges for the missiles that were aimed at Cuba! Hence the name AEROJET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 It rained the day I was trying to fish for peacocks, but I found this guy the next day. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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