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peacock bass

Postby mpridgen803 » Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:08 am

Are peacock bass good to eat?
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Re: peacock bass

Postby dahlberg » Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:22 am

They taste a great deal like panfish and are quite good to eat. Why do you ask?
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Re: peacock bass

Postby Cal » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:42 am

Florida canals are full of them, along with a variety of ciclids and Oscars. I have a buddy who lives in Tampa who took me out to catch a few on poppers. He kept some for the grill. They tasted pretty good.

I caught an Oscar that easily weighed 5 pounds. I thought I'd hooked into some redfish that had made a wrong turn somewhere, he fought so hard.

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Re: peacock bass

Postby dahlberg » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:53 pm

I would assume both the water they inhabit and what they eat have a great deal to how they taste, but out of "good" water the smaller specimens are excellent. sounds like a great fish to harvest where you live.
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Re: peacock bass

Postby Cal » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:57 pm

Au contraire, mon amis. I live in Texas. I was just helping to answer the question!

We just have Rio Grande perch and crappie that average 2 pounds.

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Re: peacock bass

Postby dahlberg » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:02 pm

sorry, thought you were a floridian!! bet the taste is similar.
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