Others may require your guide to machete his way through foliage and fallen trees as he snakes the boat within a narrow creek to toward a hidden honeyhole. Still others may only be reached by hiking into the jungle and fishing from shore or from a boat that has been planted in the lagoon beforehand. Fish both visible shoreline cover as well as the middle of the lagoons. If you've thoroughly fished a lagoon for 45 minutes and have not had a strike or have not observed baitfish schools or any surface or feeding activity, it's time to search for another productive one or eliminate the lagoon as a pattern. Whether in a river or lake, rocks of all sizes concentrate peacock bass.
Boulders seem to attract more fish than fist-size rocks or sheer rock cliffs.
Rocks possess tremendous surface area, harboring many baitfish and are quite attractive to peacock bass. Rocks will hold both butterfly and royal peacock bass in good numbers. When approaching rock structure, first cast a topwater plug to tempt a large territorial peacock. If you've had no takers in a dozen casts, switch to a jerkbait and fan cast the area. If fishing in current, try casting a white -ounce bucktail jig to the eddy pockets, which make perfect ambush sites for peacocks.