Peacock Bass in Hawaii

skunked · Post by **skunked** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:43 pm

After much trying without success due to my refusal to use live bait, I finally caught a decent sized tucunare (peacock bass) today at Lake Wilson. It was my first time using my new curado 100D and 6'6" ML compre rod. I caught it on a weightless 4" white BPS stick-o and 8lb. Trilene XL. I think it was about 2.5 lbs. I wanna go back tomorrow and get a 5 pounder!

Post by **Nitroman77** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:16 pm

thats such a pretty fish HAHA.. Man thats awsome.

Fishingboy · Post by **Fishingboy** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:49 am

Just to add some pictures to this thread. I'm an avid PB fisheman myself. I caught and released this 4lb PB in a artificial lake in Malaysia last week. Never before i've fished for largemouths in tropical M'sia. but according to a friend who used to fish for largemouths, PB's are better fighthers than largemouth. By the way, what variation PB's are there in Hawaii?

kbookert · Post by **kbookert** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:32 pm

Very cool!

just4kix · Post by **just4kix** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:49 pm

Now that's a great looking fish! How was the fight and what type of line were ya using?

Fishingboy · Post by **Fishingboy** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:16 pm

My tackle setup as shown in the picture is as follow,

Reel - Shimano Calcutta 50XT
Rod - St Croix Premier fast action 6' 4-10lb (PC60MLF2)
Line - Fins PRT braid 10lb with 14lb Silverthread leader
Lure - Tackle House Necton minnow 85mm (Chartruse)

Very good fight indeed in deep water althought the water level is 6 feet below normal. So far, the largest caught at that area tipped the scale at 6lbs!

skunked · Post by **skunked** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:22 pm

Hey, Nice fish! To answer your question, I believe the type of peacock here in Hawaii(island of Oahu) is the Butterfly Pavon. On the island of Kauai, I think there are 2 types, but I could be wrong. Yes, you are right about the fighting ability of the peacock vs. the largemouth. Largemouth are relatively weak fighters. That's why bass reels are so low in line capacity. They are still my favorite fish though. Peacock>smallmouth>largemouth.
The fish in my picture didn't fight well because I think it was post-spawn, so it was still weak from not eating much.

Fishingboy · Post by **Fishingboy** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:38 am

Skunked bro,
Thanks for the compliment. Likewise, the PB's in Malaysia are of Butterfly Pavon. Thanks for the confirmation about the fighting abilities of PB's vs. largemouths. You are absolutely right about the low line capacity (shallow spools) of most bass fishing baitcasting reels. to compensate for that, i opt for low poundage low diameter lines (i.e. fusions and braids). I found that the PB's at the place i fished are quite line shy, probably due to the low water lavel. that's why i opt for a florocarbon leader. if you have any pictures of PB's, please share them on this thread. i'll do the same as well

Fishingboy · Post by **Fishingboy** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:58 am

Just another picture to add to this thread. This PB weigh slightly more than 2lbs. Caught while casting to some floating vegitation.

just4kix · Post by **just4kix** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:04 am

Beautiful fish indeed! Love the colors!

skunked · Post by **skunked** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:37 am

I will try to dig up some old photos from my archives. In the meantime check out this link http://www.hawaiibassfishing.com/defaul ... 8066&id=24
there's alot of pictures of peacock bass and other fish that we have in my local lake.

Fishingboy · Post by **Fishingboy** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:14 am

Thanks for the compliment

And, thanks for the link as well

Fishingboy · Post by **Fishingboy** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:17 am

Here's some of my recent catches. Not as good in terms of numbers, but manage to land a 4lb PB. Enjoy the photos! Even landed a 11lb suprise bycatch!

4lb PB

11lb bycatch

Lawaia · Post by **Lawaia** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:28 pm

Nice fish!

Bass Pro · Post by **Bass Pro** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:43 pm

Crap that is a beast of a fish right there!

What rod do you have the yellow pixy on?

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