by dahlberg » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:54 am
Hi SMB
Like all fish, pcocks vary from negative, neutral and positive in terms of their feeding attitude. And, like all fish their attitude is greatly affected by where they are in the spawning cycle. Don't have time to go into details on that.
A somewhat unique characteristic of pcocks is their propensity to violently protect their young, will cause them to react, but in a non-feeding mode.
That being said, I have had situations where a steady super fast burn all the way was the ticket, others where a twitch twitch, burn, stop, twitch, burn works best.
Generally in open water long casts and burning with a pause or two is best. Around heavy cover sharp twitches to get the bait to dance back and forth and in and out of the cover usually works best.
The majority of the lures I make for myself are designed to operate at the widest possible range of speeds. I usually offer the fish the entire range of speeds and cadences and let them tell me.
As far as color, I suggest pearl with a red tail or yellow the three or four black bars with a black tail.
I'd also suggest you try a large subsurface wide glide. Once you figure out how to work it, it is lethal on big peacocks.
good luck,
L
Larry Dahlberg
The Hunt For Big Fish