Bluegill and South Florida Exotics

Spent one evening fishing the canal closest to my house. I've fished it a few times before and it's nothing to get excited about, but it does provide a great opportunity to wet a line without having to travel much. Ended up catching a bluegill, a couple mayan cichlids, and a jaguar cichlid. The jaguar is always a cool catch since they're rarer than the more widespread mayan cichlid. I've only found 3 bodies of water around here that have them. Anyway, hope you like the video.

https://youtu.be/qRdaEh2yrxA

Pretty fish

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Pretty fish

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Thanks. You never know what's on the end of your line down here in Florida.

That looks like a lot of fun!

Thanks for sharing

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Thank you everyone.

I got to do some ditch ketchn back when down around them parts and to be sure it was a lot of fun , back then there wasn't any invasive species around to the best of my knowledge ,but right by the house was a ditch full of dinner bigtime .
cool fish bro , never seen a jaguar cichlid

I like the Jaquar cichlid, kinda looks like a Black Crappie

Don't want to clutter this board too much with my videos so I'll just post my newest one here. Just released it today. Lots more exotic cichlids from a different South Florida canal. Didn't get any jaguars in this one, but I sure made up for that with the number of mayans.

https://youtu.be/ryqmqyakpOU

If I lived near those canals, I'd be out there every day with a fly rod.

Go to Bass Pro or a fly shop, buy a cheap fly combo, and sign up for whatever fly fishing class they offer.

You can thank me later.