View Full Version : CABELAS NATIVE TANK
nativelover
08-27-2005, 10:30 PM
HAS ANYONE SEEN ANY OF THESE TANKS? I LIVE IN SO CAL, SO THERS NOT ONE NEARBY, BUT IVE HEARD THAT THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST FRESHWATER EXIBITS AROUND. IF ANYONE HAS BEEN THERE OR WILL BE GOING CAN YOU PLEASE POST SOME PICS, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM.
THANKS :thumbsup:
Nate_N_Nicole
08-27-2005, 11:55 PM
Yeah I've seen it, I live about 20 minutes away from the Cabelas is Dundee, Michigan its truely awesome... I've also been to the Bass Pro shop (45minutes) at Greatlakes Crossing not as big as Cabelas but pretty cool also but Cabelas is crazy... :thumbsup:
rayman45
08-28-2005, 12:54 AM
i have seen the one in michigan and pa.
****ING MINT TANKS
killerpenguin64
08-28-2005, 9:56 PM
i saw the one in PA, i live about an hour away it was amazing, so many largemouth bass i could have looked at it all day
I live fairly close to two of them... and saw one in NE (though it's nowhere near me, LOL... I live in Ohio). It was awesome! They had two 3' longnose gars, a 2' flathead cat, a 3' blue cat, some channel cats (including some albinos), crappie, northern pike, trout, a Morone sp. hybrid, sauger, a walleye, largemouth bass, and a few other things split up between four 1,000 gallon or so tanks.
butane216
08-30-2005, 5:27 PM
I'm thirty minutes from the one in PA, awesome tanks, in fact I'll be driving by it this weekend, I'l try to stop in to snap some pics, and screw all of you that came to see it and didnt say hi :-p
I'm thirty minutes from the one in PA, awesome tanks, in fact I'll be driving by it this weekend, I'l try to stop in to snap some pics, and screw all of you that came to see it and didnt say hi :-p
Darn, I knew I should have taken a left.
WckedMidas
08-30-2005, 8:58 PM
ifi can find the pics of the one here in md in anapalas spelled that wrong lol.
i willpost them up for ya, they got sturgeon huge arse catfish bass crappie all kind of ****
Oh yeah, I forgot about the sturgeon that they had. They had some 3' sturgeon, and as WM said they get HUGE.
Springtyme
08-30-2005, 11:20 PM
I'm thirty minutes from the one in PA, awesome tanks, in fact I'll be driving by it this weekend, I'l try to stop in to snap some pics, and screw all of you that came to see it and didnt say hi :-p
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/103.gif
:ROFL:
Chad55
08-31-2005, 10:31 PM
I also live about 15-20 minutes away from the dundee one and it is absolutly awsome. By far the biggest tank I have ever seen and one of the best looking too. I absolutley love watching that tank.
Chad
Fish Finder
09-05-2005, 8:16 PM
there are none around here :swear:
Springtyme
09-06-2005, 1:16 PM
As was promised, here's pics from the Cabella's in PA
http://photobucket.com/albums/a291/cabellas/
On a side note, I can't believe they had Snakeheads!! :WHOA: :eek:
rayman45
09-06-2005, 1:28 PM
its a bow fib :)
that place is awesome. i gotta take a trip there.
coyotethug
09-24-2005, 3:03 PM
I too am from about 15 minutes from Dundee and I would have to say that the tanks there are nice. The nicest I have seen however are in the Tennessee aquarium in Chatanooga. The have a ton of tankbusters of all kinds and a great native setup as well.
Amia calva (the bowfin) a north american endemic fish.
Peanut_Power
09-25-2005, 1:23 AM
got two in nebraska....great places! Both of them have killer native tank set ups!!
e!o!z!
09-25-2005, 6:52 PM
I have been to the Tennessee aquarium it is amazing it has a huge blue catfish and several gars.
seighten
10-09-2005, 12:37 PM
i too have been to the cabelas in dundee... for a non-zoo/public aquarium exhibit is one of the most awesome!! they also have paddelfish in one tank... are some crazy, "prehistoric" looking fishies!!! is well worth the drive ifn ya live here in mchigan!!
btw, it has been several years since i was to the great lakes crossing mall, i do not remember the bass pro shop having aquariums there... am going to have to get back there to check it out!!
Conagher
10-14-2005, 7:29 PM
I visited the cabelas in Dundee, MI and the Bass Pro Shops in Great Lakes Crossing several times before moving to NC. both are VERY cool aquariums though Cabela's is a bit bigger. It is big enough so that they can get up on top and cast across it during fishing expos sothe audience can get an underwater view of how the lure behaves and the fish react to it. :thumbsup:
haywood
10-25-2005, 1:26 PM
i actually just went to the cabelas warehouse in PA.... anyone notice the abundance on hole in the head in alot of their fish? i thought that was kind of interesting. and what is up with those round looking tumors on the bottom of most of their trouts mouths? other than that, the setups were sick, ill def bring a digi cam next time. they had a largemouth bass that was an EASY 12+ lbs.... sick
ballsmcgee1234
10-26-2005, 5:47 PM
they just built one by my house in the twin cities. the tanks were great looking but some of the fish didnt seem to be the healthiest. it looked like they were all harvested from the wild which isnt always a problem but one of the northern pike had claw marks from a large bird, all the bass had sores on thier lip which i think is from bumping into the glass. it just opened two weeks ago so maybe its just off to a ruff start. nice tanks questionable fish???
masonpjohnson
10-26-2005, 6:22 PM
I thought a sturgeon was a salt water fish?
just101
10-27-2005, 5:14 AM
Those tanks look amazing. Cant wait till the cabelas opens here in phoenix within the next year or so.
porkchopexpress
10-31-2005, 9:56 PM
the cabelas by me in kansas city kansas has a few blue cats over 60 lbs with one a little over 80 along with a few 40-50plus lb flats......many sturgeon and gar as well as all the bass, crappie, bluegill. out of all the cabelas ive been to i would have to say the tanks in kansas city ks are the best.
porkchopexpress
10-31-2005, 10:00 PM
I thought a sturgeon was a salt water fish?
yea there is an endangered(i think) saltwater species that is overharvested for its caviar. but there are tons of the freshwater species in the rivers by me. i believe the largest freshwater species can get almost 10 feet long and live over 100 years but the biggest ive ever caught was about 4 feet. every one ive ever caught has been off earthworms.
ballsmcgee1234
11-03-2005, 11:21 AM
yeah, they're cool to see, we have one that just opened up in Rogers, MN. Will get pics next time we go. The fish didn't look so good in there, they were beat up and sick looking but i'm sure they'll get better.
shell
11-10-2005, 11:39 AM
we have a bass pro shop right down the road.great fish some of the bluegill are so big they look kinda freakish.huge bass,cats ,gar,pike,even some strippers.would like to get to a cabelas.
Hiya shell, welcome to MFK!
Did you mean they had stripers? because if my bait shop had strippers I might have to go fishing more often. :naughty:
yeah sorry bout that.thanks
I saw the one in Minnesota right after it opened up. The tank was huge and they had some giant catfish and sturgeon in there, but all in all I was not too impressed. The tanks were sparse and had few hiding spaces. I know, I know, give the people what they want, and they want to be able to see the fish, but I think they would get very stressed after a while.
Oh, and sturgeon are FW fish, not saltwater.
And another thing to add, I did notice that a lot of the fish in Cabela's aquariums were sick. Lots of the sunnies and crappies had ich.
i love the cabelas in hamburg pa the tanks and the mountain with the water fall pond its a store that im not alowed to bring my wallet i get in trouble alot of trouble but beautiful tanks
Gamefishin
11-12-2005, 10:23 PM
Just went to check out the shop in Rogers, MN. Dam those fish are huge, and fat too. Never knew walleyes are that dark in color and their was on blue cat fish that could have swallowed a small child... :eek:
The fish seems to have a lot of disease though, not sure why but they seem sluggish from being fed too much. They are really fat, but too bad I missed the feeding show yesterday, that's probably why they are so fat. Man those huge strugeons they have look like a small black seal.... :grinno:
monsterfishkeeper
12-21-2005, 6:29 PM
in the southern florida has a brackish/saltwater exibit
nativelover
12-24-2005, 2:59 AM
sturgeon are saltwater and freshwater gein. they migrate like salmon and some get/got landlocked.
mauls
12-24-2005, 10:12 AM
Here are some bluecats from my cabelas
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/uploads/post-3799-1124437186_thumb.jpg
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/uploads/post-3799-1124437173_thumb.jpg
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/uploads/post-3799-1124437163_thumb.jpg
turtall
12-24-2005, 2:35 PM
OMG they sunk a boat!
astronatus
03-17-2006, 11:20 PM
Ive been to the Bass Pro in Tulsa and OKC lately, and they are both 2000 gal tanks. We also have an 11000 gal tank here in Wichita with some huge blue cats, and some kind of carpsucker that must weigh 60 pounds.
ewurm
03-17-2006, 11:31 PM
I'll have to go check this out.
Nate77
03-18-2006, 7:54 PM
been to cabelas in pa quite a few times live about 45 -a hour away always spend to much $ there