Field & Stream - WE WERE LIKE 9-year-olds trying to catch 4-inch bluegills. The Mayan cichlids were hanging just off the limestone ledges of the canal ditch, and we could sneak to within a dozen feet and cast flies straight up to them. These exotic fish look like the love child of a run-of-the-mill bream and a sheepshead, with dark vertical barring and a black tail spot rimmed in turquoise. And they’re practically everywhere in south Florida. My buddy Nick figured out that if you dragged a fly across their faces enough times, eventually they would be sufficiently pissed off enough to bite. So not exactly world-class fishing, but a hoot to trick on a fly pole. Read the story here: