South Florida's Peacock Bass is the first book that deals exclusively with fishing for America's most exciting gamefish in their only range in the continental United States. It contains information including techniques for fly, lure and live bait fishing to proven fly recipes, detailed maps of area hot spots, hints from local experts, and much, much more.

Carlos Hidalgo has been fishing since he was a kid, although he did not catch much back then. He has been interested in peacock bass since their introduction to South Florida and now concentrates most of his fishing efforts on them. Carlos is a college art professor, photographer, free-lance writer, and commercial fly tier who specializes in custom-tied peacock patterns. His work has appeared in Florida Sportsman and Florida Game and Fish Finder Magazine. This is his first book.

"South Florida's Peacock Bass is the most comprehensive reference available for anglers wanting to catch butterfly peacock bass in Florida. Anglers using the information in this book are all but gauranteed to experience many exciting hours catching this world renoened gamefish."--Paul Shafland, Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission

"Anyone interested in peacock bass should certainly gain a lot of insight as to how to catch them from this book." -- Lefty Kreh