As seen in most pressured waters, the fishes’ mood are often unpredictable, where on some days a faster erratic retrieve triggers the bite, while other days require a slow hop to entice the fish into biting. The only constant pattern is that the fish tend to cling close to the bottom, and maintaining contact with the bottom by using a heavier sinker/weight is paramount to having a successful trip there. Besides that, land reclamation works have caused the waters of prima to turn rather murky, especially after heavy rains. Although this would usually indicate the need to use brighter coloured soft plastics, it seems as though they prefer clear-natural coloured soft plastics, which could also be attributed to their increasing wariness of lures due to constant pressure.
Before anglers can start to entice the fish into biting, choosing a spot to target on such a big body of water can prove challenging as well. As most of our boats are not equipped with sonars to mark fish, the game at prima is to fish as close to structure as possible, may it be rocks, weed lines, concrete slabs, or sunken tyres. Although peacock bass do venture out to feed in schools, they usually cling close to structure, hence targeting such areas do stand the highest chance of scoring a good bite.