Guess mine's very different. Doesn't swim as much as a tarpon, hovers like a pickerel & is not a messy eater. Takes silversides and doesn't eat when it's full.
So over the last half-decade have there been any more of these fish kept by members on here? Still a fish I'd like to potentially own one day in a fast flowing "Monster Stream" as opposed to a Monster pond. It would be difficult, but rewarding for sure.
II31 did yours end up reaching a signifigant size? Did it lose the black marking as an adult?