A good sign for the future

Peacocks were originally introduced into Florida's waterways to help decrease on the population of cichlids, which were illegally introduced.  The freeze Florida saw a few years ago killed off many Peacock bass, from the climate conditions that were unbearable for fish that are native to year long tropical weather.  Because of this, I was unsuccessful catching any.  The numbers this year however have increased rapidly.  This past week fishing though, has been somewhat slow.  I only took a few fish to hand, but what I did end up catching has shown good signs for the future.  I caught one peacock which was of a decent size, around 3 pounds.  Two other peacocks I caught however were only 6 inches or so.  These fish had not even gotten their orange and yellow color yet, but showed that there are plenty of adolescent peacocks, and in increasing numbers.

average sized pea

two younger peas