Peacock Bass Record Is Broken After 30 Years
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.
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