Keep your colors bright and flashy along with silver and chrome as these will attract the attention of these feisty predators. Fly fishing tackle includes small popping bugs and streamers.Īnglers pursuing exotic panfish in Florida do not have to purchase specialized rods, reels or tackle.īaitcasting and spinning reels that are commonly used for bass fishing as well tackle regularly used for native panfish species such as medium-light spinning outfits with 6-to-8-pound test line are excellent choices.Ī variety of small moving lures such as Beetle Spins, crappie jigs, lipless crankbaits, and topwater lures will yield success. Beetle Spin type lures are very effective when cast or trolled along canal banks. Artificial lures include small crankbaits, spinnerbaits, topwater lures and small plastic worms.Can be caught frequently on live baits such as minnows, shiners, worms, and crickets. Sporting Quality: Excellent with light tackle.Edibility: Excellent with white and flaky meat.Range: Commonly found in the western canals of Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties in Florida and are now occurring more frequently in as far north as the Lake OkeechobeeRim Canal in Okeechobee County.
Oscars are uniquely characterized by a thick mucus-like coating along their body. Younger fish normally have wavy white and orange markings along a black body.Appearance: Adults normally have an olive to blue-green body with dark blotches and a bright red eyespot on their tail fin.“We love catching the exotics of south Florida, they often put up a great fight on light tackle and are beautiful fish” These brightly colored wonders of nature not only offer a great battle on light tackle but they are also often found to be quite tasty when cooked.Ĭaptain Lou Lagrange from ARTI-FISH-IAL Entertainment Guide Service in South Florida frequently catches peacock bass and other exotics as he pursues his targeted species of largemouth bass: Tips & Tackle For Targeting Exotic Panfishįishing for exotics offers the challenge of catching several different species of fish that have historically only been found in other countries.Butterfly Peacock Bass (Cichla ocellaris).Jaguar Guapote (Parachromis managuensis).Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus).Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus).
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