Crazy Fun Trip!!!

[Big Sky]

Well that was a fun weekend in the Florida Everglades. I do owe a special thanks to Justin Nguyen of castalineflycharters.com Justin really delivered and had a great knowledge of the area and the fish. My arm actually hurt from catching so many fish.
Peacock Bass

Mayan Cichlid

Spotted Gar

Curious Alligator

Mayan Cichlid (Male spawn colors)

Yours truly (Hack with a fly rod)

Warmouth Bass

 

[D4570]

That would be fun and no trout...

 

[Big Sky]

That would be fun and no trout...

It would be right up your alley. We caught 9 different species the first day. No trout anywhere close to the Everglades.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Looks like an absolute blast. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Treeshark]

That peacock bass is awesome, that must have been a blast in a fly rod.

 

[MarvB]

Nice Troy, looks like a great trip!

 

[duckhunt]

Well that was a fun weekend in the Florida Everglades.
Peacock Bass

Mayan Cichlid

Spotted Gar

Curious Alligator

Mayan Cichlid (Male spawn colors)

Yours truly (Hack with a fly rod)

Warmouth Bass

What's your secret? You always seem to catch great fish.

 

[D4570]

"What's your secret? You always seem to catch great fish."
That's because he is always in the water.
Can't catch them looking at the computer, like me...

 

[JCS]

Looks like a fun trip

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Very fun
Matt

 

[BearFoot]

Sweet! Good times

 

[tarheel]

Never heard of the warmouth being called a bass but apparently it's common in some areas. We always called them warmouth perch or more often Goggle eye because of the way their eyes bulge out.

They're pretty good table fare and fight like the dickens for about 10-15 seconds before giving up and playing dead.

 

[R.K.]

Never heard of the warmouth being called a bass but apparently it's common in some areas. We always called them warmouth perch or more often Goggle eye because of the way their eyes bulge out.

They're pretty good table fare and fight like the dickens for about 10-15 seconds before giving up and playing dead.

Goggle eye, to me, refers to rock bass, or any of the multitude of species therein (northern rock bass, shadow bass, ozark bass, roanoake bass, etc.).

Warmouth (bass) can be stumpknockers, or potentially "black perch", but that gets confused with green sunfish in some areas.

Or I could just go back to my roots, and anything that's not a crappie is just "brim", and excellent flathead bait.