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Article: Peacock bass: Pretty, big and with a lot of fight.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2003
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Byline: Ray Sasser
DALLAS _ Imagine a largemouth bass bombarded with radiation until it glows in the dark, uses fish hooks for toothpicks, 30-pound monofilament for dental floss and attacks topwater lures with a savagery unequaled among freshwater game fish.
That's the peacock bass, a rainbow of vicious colors that thrives in South America and continues to capture the imagination of every angler who has experienced the peacock's explosive strike and bulldozer power.
A study done in 2001 by the Brazilian government indicated that 3,500 Americans used Manaus as a jumping off spot that year for peacock bass fishing expeditions, mostly on ...