Smallest Peacock Bass ever posted here.

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Hello all...this is my first post!!

I'm responding to this "Smallest Peacock Bass" thread with, perhaps, the smallest peacock bass every caught on a lure!!

Not exactly sure how this happened but we were fishing in a South Florida canal trolling some lures. After retrieving the lure to the boat, the picture below was the result!!

I CANNOT believe that this little guy attacked the lure!! What might have happened was that the lure was pulled through some fry foul-hooked him but I'm not sure!

Scott
Florida, USA

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hotfishgirls;965329;965329 said:
did he die?What a dummy trying to eat that thing.
He was *barely* hooked and flicking around a bit and, when put back in the water, took off! Hope he's OK...and hope to catch him again in a a few years :-))
 
PB fries tend to swarm colorful lures. If the school of fries is big enough you're very likely to snag at least one of them.

Welcome to the MFK!
 
I had to knock off some of the eggs from their stick nest to transport them in a 5 gallon bucket.

Here's the latest pic of their progress in a 4 gallon unfiltered plastic box.

I've raised a dozen fries to 1.5 inch in a shoe box before with no filtration:)

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Looking good Matt, looks like you're going to have more pbass than you know what to do with...lol. How are the other tanks doing?? the rest of the batch, and the larger Juvies?
 
Superlaz;968628; said:
Looking good Matt, looks like you're going to have more pbass than you know what to do with...lol. How are the other tanks doing?? the rest of the batch, and the larger Juvies?

They are all doing fine, Laz.
 
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