Florida Peacock Bass Fishing Circa 2006

[JuanTamad]

Great day for Fishing today. Noontime is a poor choice to do it though. It was hot and exhausting even for somebody who's lived here for over 25 years.

Gave up after catching the following on my new Husky lure: Nice setting for the catch though and look at the dark dorsals on this fish, I'm keeping this one for my tank

 

[The TRUST]

WOW! that one is a nice looking one!!!!!

 

[neoprodigy]

Great day for Fishing today. Noontime is a poor choice to do it though. It was hot and exhausting even for somebody who's lived here for over 25 years.

Gave up after catching the following on my new Husky lure: Nice setting for the catch though and look at the dark dorsals on this fish, I'm keeping this one for my tank

wow nice pbass.... you gotta sent to me...

 

[JuanTamad]

wow nice pbass.... you gotta sent to me...

I'll start a tank for keeping some unusual looking ones. This will be the first resident.

Next time around you may pick one from tank and ship your choice home.

 

[JuanTamad]

Today I thought I'll pace myself and take a rest from fishing. I've reached two thirds of the way of my target for the year and Summer has barely started. Thought I'll rest from fishing but not from living. So I took a 4 mile hike around the Lake and caught some fishies on camera and pics of other residents in the lake. Here's some of the pics...

A LargeMouth on the hunt

A grass carp basking in the sun

A very rare Flip Flop fish hanging around shore

Some Cichlids, Mayans and tilapias spawning on the rocks

A Peacock Bass Pair Spawning, It was cloudy today, and the clouds were showing up in the pictures

Uaru hiding in the clouds

A couple of Peacocks on the hunt

View from across the lake from the breeding pair

Across the lake from home

West side view of the lake

Mayan Cichlids guarding their fries inside the bottom of a traffic cone

Peacock guarding a wiggling mass of fries

Turtle shot

Some visiting Mallards

Baby Raptors, wannabes, hunting

Tilapia with eggs on the rock

Some juvenile Muscovies

Another turtle shot

 

[JuanTamad]

Some shots I couldn't squeeze in the 30 minutes for editing:

A grass carp hiding in the clouds

Turtle shot 3

....And here's what's for dinner..heh..heh

 

[Timpon]

Major jealousy here, Juan. Wish I lived that close to lakes with aquarium fish.

 

[DIESELMACK]

awesome pics

 

[The TRUST]

Looking great!!!! After seeing all those, that is just the push I need to buy myself a new camera for next year with a polarized lens to see through the water.

 

[JuanTamad]

Looking great!!!! After seeing all those, that is just the push I need to buy myself a new camera for next year with a polarized lens to see through the water.

I tried using my polarized sunglasses for that, and I almost dropped the camera in the water I had to stay with the cloudy shots