Paired anglers should work in harmony and not against each other. While working a typical Amazon river or lagoon bank, the angler in the front of the boat should cast his lure ahead of the boat at likely looking cover. The partner in back also casts forward, but not over the line of the lead angler. To work properly as a team, the lead angler should cast to one part of potential fish-holding cover, allowing his partner enough of a target to cast to that cover. Unless the fish are really slamming a specific lure, partners should fish different baits.
Some anglers stubbornly stick with a favorite bait, even after going hours without a strike.
They've had past success with a lure and, by golly, they're going to stay with it until they get a fish, even though conditions may be totally different from their last trip. Savvy peacock anglers are not afraid to experiment, and will let the mood of the fish dictate their lure selection. Historically, the largest peacocks have come on big topwater plugs, so, start saturating the water with a these. Sometimes, peacocks just won't strike on top and you'll need to go to a subsurface approach. If repeated casts to a promising area fails to get a topwater strike, switch to a jerk bait, such as the Peacock Minnow, Crystal Minnow or Red Fin.