Would You Eat a Peacock?

Are peacock bass cannibalistic? I don’t know, but even if they’re not certainly there are other species in Amazonian waters (as well as those elsewhere, like South Florida) that eat young peas. Indeed, they’ve served as the inspiration for some killer paint jobs that are more exciting than standard old blue/chartreuse and Tennessee Shad. Here are some good ones:

Lucky Craft offers peacock patterns in multiple baits, including their LV series of rattlebaits and the SKT Magnum, both of which may have their place in the jungle.

Evergreen’s Noisy Dachs, which my man Mike Bucca tells me is a killer wakebait, likewise comes in a realistic peacock paint job.

The coveted Gan-Craft Jointed Claw 178 is sometimes available in a peacock-replicating hue

Vagabond’s Jointed Arrow may be a little bit tougher to find in this version

Imakatsu’s Bassroid, is amazingly realistic

Imakatsu’s Trairao, an incredibly hard-knocking walk-the-dog bait, also comes painted like the king of the jungle

For a more modestly-sized topwater, the Yellow Magic Popper offers a peacock version.

And Megabass has ultra-refined peas in several models, including the Pop-X, X-Pod and the Vision 110

Sebile’s Magic Swimmer, which was hot in the bass world for a minute, and remains deadly in saltwater, would probably excel in the Amazon, where the fish like a bait presented briskly. 

Not surprisingly, Duo’s Fang Ops series gets in on the game – it’s what they’re all about.

As far as I know, Molix makes the only frog that comes painted pretty as a peacock.