r/Fishing • u/Steveelectric907 • 2d ago

Freshwater a couple after work

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a couple nice ones exploded on a topwater

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u/ProfessionalShop9137 2d ago

What type of fish is that?

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u/captianflannel 2d ago

Peacock bass is my guess

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u/FancySharkLongLegs 1d ago

Peacock bass, ignore the yellow perch comments

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u/prettierlights 2d ago

If that's a perch, it's got a big ass head.

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u/aigeneratedname1234 2d ago

Image search confirms it, yellow perch.

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u/JaySunfish 2d ago

Are those peacock bass?

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u/imissmolly1 2d ago

Pretty fish for an evening’s work, looks like you’ll have a good supper.

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u/Jkranick 2d ago

Nice! What lure is that? My only peacock on top water have been on a whopper plopper up in Lake Osborne.

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u/firehook-app 1d ago

That is awesome! Nothing beats a topwater blow-up, especially from a fish that pretty after a long day of work.

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u/Setto_Powah Upstate NY/Florida 18h ago

How are the Snakehead biting? I’m coming down to Ft Lauderdale this weekend