The state record for the butterfly peacock bass, has been broken in Southern Florida. Hialeah local Felipe Prieto caught a record-breaking 9.11-pound butterfly peacock bass, measuring at 23 and 5/16 inches, just a few short weeks ago, right in Hialeah, Florida. Prieto was fishing in a Broward County Lake with a live shiner on the edge of one deep ledge, landing him the record-breaking catch.
Miami Beach, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2021 -- The record, classified in Florida's records for exotic species in freshwater (lakes, ponds, and canals), breaks the previous by just 0.03 pounds (the previous record was set in March 1993 at 9.08 pounds by Jerry Gomez).
Butterfly peacock bass is usually found in the waters off the coast of South America, mostly Brazil. They are known to be a powerful predator of the Amazon and typically weigh more than 20 pounds. However, in South Florida, they tend to be a bit smaller.
They are quite abundant in the greater Miami area, first arriving in 1984 to reduce the number of "undesirable exotic fish species" by the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC). This fish is colorful and fast, more often than not putting up quite a fight. People from all over the United States travel to Florida to get the chance to catch one.
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