wrong. game fish of ANY size may be kept as bait. I was confused by the wording but i confirmed it with a DCNR guy here. They may have changed the law in the last year but I haven't read up this year ab out it.
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that DCNR is about to be fired. My mentor has worked for PAFBC for 40 years...........you can choose who you want to take advice from, Brother, my main concern is keeping you out of trouble. The same mentor who told me tapeworms are as highly contagious as they truly are.
fair enough. He's been the CO in this area for years haha.
The instruction I have states any gamefish can be taken as bait. size limits aren't mentioned but creel limits are. I appreciate the look out though because it very well could be they have re-worded the law to cover the size limit as well.
I've kept Bluegill, Northern Longear, Warmouth and Greenies. I thought the Warmouth looked the best but greenies seem to have the most attitude.
Zimmermansfish.com has redeye bass (Micropterus coosae) for sale. They are not spotted bass, but a smaller species of bass more suitable for aquarium life. They look very similar to SMB IMO. I just picked up (3) of these little guys yesterday: cute little guys with white edging to all of their fins except the spiny dorsal and pectoral fins. They were eating bloodworms, mysis shrimp, and raw shrimp their first night in the tank.
Coosae are great, had mine now for 2 years and he's barely 7 inches long lol.
be careful though, I can attest to coosae getting a very bad mean streak so expect some torn fins
well I only purchased 1 so I don't know about conspecific aggression, but he absolutely destroyed the juvie pumpkinseeds he was in with, killed 5 of the 8. Now in the 310 gallon with 3 male p-seeds hes starting to tear tails up. He even goes after the slab crappie in there and they are easily double his size.
as for pics haha I'm horrible at remembering, I owe the piranha forum pics as well as at least 4 different native threads I promised lol
Well that's not very encouraging. I only plan on keeping one, but it would go in a tank with perch, longears, pumpkinseeds, and a yellow bass.
I may have to dedicate my 75 gallon to just one coosa.
Thanks for the heads up.
I may have to dedicate my 75 gallon to just one coosa.
Thanks for the heads up.
I may just have a psycho fish too so you know take it with a grain of salt, you may have big ol' wusses for bass haha. When mine lived with my perch the perch I think intimidated him since they were always moving and zipping around the tank, now that they are gone hes staking turf lol
