First day of "fishing" in Florida

[jgentry]

Awesome pics. Keep them coming!!!

I love how labiatus and Cits look straight out of a pond. They are always so much brighter looking!!!

 

[ceeej31]

wow!, where in florida are you guys catching all these awesome fish?

 

[Jason_S]

dovii are awesome, but so is the devil and brasiliensis...that carpintis is a stunner too.

 

[NorCaliCichlids]

That Brasiliensis is a keeper for sure! How big was that thing?

 

[MTN PIKE]

Looks like you guys were 'over the limit' for the days' catch, heh heh!

 

[BigPic]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

how many texas type cichlids did you all catch? The dovii looks crazy along with that brasiliensis.

Only two of the Texas

HOW HARD DOES A GT OR DOVII FIGHT?

Really good fight, Pacu was better!

No, it's a G. brasiliensis.

You're keeping all the dovii? And trying to sell them? What happens when they don't all sell or acclimate well to a tank or ship well? Back into the canal or euthanized or what?

I tried my hand at catching and selling feral green terrors in Hawaii and the large older fish never acclimated well; I had trouble getting them to eat and not spook and kill themselves in tanks. Shipping was out of the question and I quickly gave it up. Small fry on the other hand...acclimate readily and ship like a breeze.

What's the size on the largest dovii? Those in the photo look like what, 14-15"?

Makes me wish I was back in Hawaii where you never knew what you were going to pull in...

Not keeping all of them. . . Today we got Hartwegi, Zonatum, Bifas, Grammodes and Syns. . . pics to come later.

We are in south florida

 

[NorCaliCichlids]

"Not keeping all of them. . . Today we got Hartwegi, Zonatum, Bifas, Grammodes and Syns. . . pics to come later.

We are in south florida "

Holy crap, you can catch all those types in Florida now? I dont know if I should be happy or worried about the natives!

 

[Anubisscott]

Nice pictures, I sometimes wish I lived in Florida because you never know what you will catch. Great Specimens

 

[guapote's gape]

just a heads up: none of these fish were caught in the 'wild'. We've easily caught over 300 dovii in the past two days. Ranging in size from 6" to many monsters pushing over 2 feet. an absolute massive zonatum male as well as lots of stunning others. we took about 500 pictures today so lots more to show when we get a moment.

 

[Intobigfish1818]

Dam im in S FL i need to go fishing more often lol..sweet fish man,