Most saltwater anglers know that bucktail jigs are highly effective at catching a variety of species, but the lures also are great at catching peacock bass, a freshwater species. Eric Brandon ...

I’ve said and written countless times in the past that every U.S. angler should fish for Florida peacock bass before he or she leaves this world. They may not be native, but they are — in my opinion — ...

Capt. Alan Zaremba of Hollywood reported that peacock bass are now in their fall pattern in urban canals, which means they are traveling in schools. He said anglers should make long casts with ...

The excited words of Garrett Farmer echoed off the brushy banks and palm trees in a branch of the canal system as one, then three, brightly-colored game fish reacted to his hard-plastic jerkbait. One ...

The best bet for freshwater anglers has been to fish for peacock bass in urban canals. Capt. Alan Zaremba continues to have good trips using what he calls a mixed bag of tactics: throwing some ...

The peacock bass is a bucket list item for many anglers but an excursion to the Amazon to fish for this colorful and aggressive species costs thousands of dollars. Fortunately, there's a much more ...

A Florida angler has been granted a state record for his recent catch of a butterfly peacock bass weighing 9.11 pounds. Felipe Prieto’s after-work catch at an unidentified Broward County reservoir ...

That’s what Steve Andersen thought on his first peacock bass trip to the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon in northern Brazil. Guides and anglers who had caught peacocks before warned the fish ...

Broward County‘s peacock bass population took a hit during the freeze of 2010, but the fish are coming back. Capt. Alan Zaremba, of Hollywood, reported that Barry Kowitt and his son Andrew, 8, of ...

Capt. Alan Zaremba of Hollywood reported that sight-fishing for big peacock bass has been the best way to catch the colorful fish in South Florida’s urban canals because water levels are stable and ...