Peacock bass fishing in hawaii

figured id touch on the subject briefly to fill in a space. yes sir we got peacock bass here, aka pavon, aka tucanare. they are in their off season right now but come march they will start to fire up big time. we have the smaller butterfly peacocks here on oahu. although they still average 1-4lbs. and the 2-3lbs are quite common. 4,5,6lbs are trophy size and 7,8,9 lb are not unheard of! any peacock will fight, straighten hooks,break poles,snap line, like a fish on crack. ultra aggressive especially toward top waters. their explosive hits will put your heat in your throat every time. a largemouth will often slurp or pop a bait on the surface, maybe crush it every once in awhile. but a tuc (we here  call them tucs,pronounced tukes) will slam a bait like a bowling ball dropped from a ladder into the water every time! no half hearted tries, no slurps or pops on the surface. just huge violent slashing explosions that often belie the size of the fish hahaha. i have seen hits on a prop bait that looked like a 10lb fish should have made them and pulled in a little 1lb guy full of attitude. even the misses will nearly have you shaking on the bottom of the boat. introduced around 1956-58, the tucs have really done well and complimented the fishery  the state record is a 9lb 4.2 oz peacock caught on kaui 11/5/90.being somewhat tropical fish, the tucs will spawn in much warmer water than largemouth bass. the mid to upper 70 range will usually trigger them sometime in march through june. then they settle into a schooling pattern  and chase the pelagic shad around till they go on a heavy fall feed, and then a sort of winter  hibernation later on as the water cools. we will go further into hawaiis peacock bass patterns as they happen. hells yes always a big big thrill to catch one!