| Title: | Fishing-V2: All About Angling |
| Notice: | Time to go fishin'! day egins |
| Moderator: | WAHOO::LEVESQUE |
| Created: | Fri Jul 19 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 548 |
| Total number of notes: | 9621 |
I have been dreaming of going Peacock Bass fishing in Venezuela for
several years. I sent away for a brochure describing the details and it
just arrived in the mail yesterday! The pictures and descriptions are
even better than I had imagined. I won't actually go until I can pay
for the trip out of the profits of my outside consulting business. The
way things are going, that should be sometime this Summer.
Has anyone of you guys ever been on one of these trips? If yes, please
describe the experience. If anyone wants information or specific
details on the how to, etc. let me know. By the way, the larger Peacock
Bass average 25 lbs. and the smaller ones average 10 lbs.....WOW!!!
Bob (Stuck in ICEland)tm
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| 126.1 | What is it? | HOTCHZ::Conferencing-User | Tue Feb 11 1992 12:49 | 4 | |
What in the world is a peacock bass? Those of us in the State of Wisconsin are dying to know!!! | |||||
| 126.2 | south american | DONMAC::MACINTYRE | Terminal Angler | Tue Feb 11 1992 13:05 | 12 |
A largemouth with feathers, of course... 8^)
A peacock bass is a colorful cousin to the largemouth. It's a native
of south america. There are a few varieties. Some have colorful
stripes and/or spots. Some have knobby heads. They are also much
larger and 10lbers are fairly commonplace. Watch the Jimmy Houston
show on ESPN a few weeks on a row and you'll probably see some.
They have been stocked in some of the canals in southern florida on an
experimental basis. Haven't heard many positive results yet.
-donmac
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| 126.3 | Peacock Bass Fishing | WMOIS::BOURGAULT_D | Wed Feb 12 1992 12:07 | 7 | |
Just to second what Don has said about Jimmy Houston's show. Last
Saturday he had a Peacock bass show on ESPN. Jimmy's show is on
every saturday at 9:00 A.M. on ESPN. As far as the bass in Florida
are I read an article and have seen ads for peacock bass fishing
in Florida. It is strickly catch and release and a large fine for
any violations. The state record is currently around 7lbs. This article
was for the St John's river.
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| 126.4 | Plan for Bugs and Different Food/Gear | MR4DEC::JONES | Sun Feb 16 1992 21:06 | 27 | |
One thing they down play is the size of the mosquitoes down there.
The boats can be different shapes also, which gets you into a different
type of fishing. It is really refreshing to kind of turn back the
clock. Depending on where you go and what equipment they use, you
can have a ball.
Instead of the Bass Boats up here with the flat decks and sit-high
seats, their boats are more in the style of a boston whaler where
you sit down in the boat and then stand up to land.(again, depends
on their gear.)
Food can be quite different also, depending on how far you are from
a city. Country fair tends to have a lot of starch and vegetables
prepared from scratch. Takes longer, but delicious. Toss in a few
fish in the mix, and you can get hooked.(I would take along some
Pepto etc. if you going into the back country and haven't done
this before.)
Remember, Jimmy Houston is sponsored and probably is going first
class. I would go to fish, but also try and have fun doing it
without the star treatment.
Let us know if you go. I would love to hear about a complete trip
fro planning to the results.
Good luck
Jim
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