Why don’t Peacock Bass in South Florida get nearly as big as Peacock Bass in the Amazon?
December 18, 2009 - 5:01 pm
The biggest I’ve ever seen is one I caught not to long ago, it was about 6-7 pounds, more or less. But not even on the internet have I seen really big peacock in South Florida. Even the big South Florida ones are just about the size of largemouth bass.
Probably has a a lot to do with "forage base" and "climate".
The forage base in SF is not even close to what it is in the Amazon. More variety of forage usually equals bigger fish.
And the climate is actually "colder" in SF making for a shorter "growing season".
Look at the difference in Bass size from Northern States to Southern States.
Hope this helps ya?
December 18th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Probably because they were brought here from the Amazon as an exotic species and therefore were introduced to less-than-optimal conditions that they’ve never before experienced. While peacock bass in the Amazon continued to adapt and evolve under circumstances they had been exposed to for generations, peacock bass in Florida adapted differently to the new conditions which were probably more stressful and developed differently than their Amazon counterpart.
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December 18th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Probably has a a lot to do with "forage base" and "climate".
The forage base in SF is not even close to what it is in the Amazon. More variety of forage usually equals bigger fish.
And the climate is actually "colder" in SF making for a shorter "growing season".
Look at the difference in Bass size from Northern States to Southern States.
Hope this helps ya?
References :
‘ole fisherman.