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Fishing Homestead, Florida Homestead, Florida, USA The canals of Homestead are fast becoming the number one Butterfly Peacock Bass world class fishery. "Fishing for butterfly peacock is best from March through May, but they are caught consistently throughout the year. Butterfly peacock feed only during daylight and normally close to shore, although schooling peacocks sometimes feed aggressively in open water. Butterfly peacock are abundant, average 13.9 inches (1.6 pounds), 23% of the harvestable fish are greater than 15 inches, and biologists have measured and released peacocks larger than 20 inches in this system. The bag limit for butterfly peacock is two fish per day, only one of which can be greater than 17 inches." Extract in quotes taken from FloridaFisheries.com, Fish Southeast Florida Canals, ANGLER'S GUIDE TO AEROJET CANAL (C-111), Miami-Dade County Peacock Talk from South Florida Angler, SouthFloridaAngler.com Inshore Fishing, Peacock Tips From The Experts Peacock Bass Association Miami's Capt. Jim Anson's Fishing for Peacock Bass, numerous records!
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