All three pix are from the same fish. Its been really warm down here, they were feeding pretty good today. I also saw a mother and/or father with their tiny fry swim around.
Florida Cichla
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thats a sweet pbass. the orange on the belly is awesome. much better than some of the expensive species in my opinion especially when you consider bang for the buck!
Water quality in the area must not be to good, because in other areas the colors are alot more intense.
Great pics guys !! what do you guys catch tehm on and where is some good spots if you don't mind sharing I have been wanting to do atrip down to florida anyway and I love to fish 
I actually catch them on small pbass I catch for live bait. There asually is a fry of 3-4 inchers around somewhere and all the pbass and lmbass just hang around. I also use brim and little oscars and sometime artificials. You can see the chewed bait in the pix. Its hard to say where to go spot are hot at diffrent times. I just go from spot to spot looking around, most spots are right of the street, they pile up on the tunnels that go under the streets. they usually like pretty shallow water or place near shallow water. When they spawn they come real shallow and make a bed. I also hear about them being caught in the everglades with rummors of some 10 pound fish. Personal biggest is about 6-7 pounds, at least.
that would be so kool to live down tehre not having to buy p bass for your tanks that wouldb e sweet I have caught oscars out of a lake down there