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Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

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Average Length

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Maximum Length

2.4 ft

Maximum Weight

15.0 lbs

Depth Range

16.4 ft

Temperature Range

75.2 - 80.6 ºF

Top Fishing Spots To Catch Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Unnamed / SW 122nd Ave Pond

Tamiami, Florida

Cooper's Hawk Lake

Doral Isles Lake

Boca Raton Waterways

Broward County, Florida

Unnamed / SW 127th Ct Pond

Tamiami, Florida

Snake Creek Canal

Broward County, Florida

Top Baits For Catching Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Common shiner

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(137)

301 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Minnows

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(88)

199 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Common Shinners

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(48)

155 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Creek chub

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(38)

91 Catches

Lures by Yo-Zuri Pin's Minnow Sinking 2-3/4'' - Red Head

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(1)

37 Catches

Lures by Yo-Zuri Crystal 3D Floating Minnow 4-3/8" - Real Glass Minnow

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(3)

28 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Golden shiner

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(34)

27 Catches

Natural Baits by Live Bait Fresh Water Spottail Shiner

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(16)

21 Catches

Recently Caught Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Bryan Bubba

17 hours ago

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Palm Beach County, Florida

I just broke my ankle on mondsy and this made my week feel better

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Weight 3 lb

Gear 1

9 likes • 1 comment

Ariana H

1 day ago

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Broward County, Florida

Been wanting to catch one of these for like 3 years finally!!

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Gear 1

21 likes • 9 comments

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Luca Zane

1 day ago

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Lajedão, Tocantins

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

3 likes

Rick H$K305 Pérez

2 days ago

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Miami-Dade County, Florida

#catchking

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Gear 2

42 likes • 10 comments

Eduardo Cortes

1 day ago

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Naranjito Municipio, Puerto Rico

Stepping up! I'm officially in the 20's club! Been chasing this for a while! 🙌🙌

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Gear 1

3 likes

Frank Veltri

2 days ago

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Miami-Dade County, Florida

Pretty good day four and a half pounder 3 pounder couple Bass and a cichlid

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

Weight 4 lb 9 oz

13 likes • 1 comment

Edward Martin

3 days ago

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Palm Beach County, Florida

Hammered the rooster tail!

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

8 likes • 1 comment

Luca Zane

5 days ago

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Lajedão, Tocantins

Tucunaré Azul!!! #CatchKing

Species Butterfly peacock bass (Peacock cichlid)

7 likes • 1 comment

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