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Mayaheros urophthalmus
How to catch Mayan cichlid
Mayan cichlid feed in 62–95°F water and bite best at 74–88°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 1 water.
5 pts · trophy at 11"Feeds 62–95°FBest 74–88°FIn season nowCanalPond / pitLake
About
The orange-and-barred cichlid of the South Florida canals and the Everglades, an invader that fights like a bluegill twice its size and eats well. Catch as many as you like.
How to fish it
Any small bait or jig along the canal edges of Miami and the Glades; they're on the beds in spring.
What it eats
wormssmall jigscricketsbread
Live bait for it
Grass shrimpTwo or three on a #6 hook under a small cork — the bream, crappie, sheepshead and mangrove snapper bait nobody sells.What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itLeader10–20 lb fluorocarbon
Hook#2–3/0
Jig head1/8–1/2 oz
Braid10–30 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereA nonnative species — no bag limit; confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule →Where it is, month by month
PPeakSSpawningAArriving·AroundLLeaving
Fresh water by state