SO i have a buddy that has a pond on his property in southern California, its ABOUT an acre or two, and has a max depth of about 20feet. It has plenty of differnt kinds of structure, open grassy areas, rocky areas, sandy areas, and along the shoreline theres plenty of reeded areas as well as open areas.
He wants to stock it for fishing eventually, but heres the catch, he dosnt want the usual bass/sunfish/crappie/catfish/trout fishing, but somthing more exotic to fish for. Along the lines of cichlid kind of stuff it dosnt need to be extremely large fish or fish that are good fighters, just out of the ordinary fish!
The weather around the area is fairly warm/hot all year, in the wintertime it MAY get down to the low 40s for periods.
The pond is man made on private property and is not connected to anyother body of water, so there is no chance of fish escaping anywhere to destroy another body of water or species.
SOO
What kind of fish would be hardy enough for this climate...it would be warmer water most of the year, the winters arnt to rough in socal.
Were thinking along the line of somthing like Convict cichlids/Oscars/Red Tail cat?? hahaha
For reals though guys!! we just need ideas for fish that arnt going to die off in the winter.
Oh and im heading back to that area in about 2 weeks, and i will try to get pictures then if possible.
Edit:and were also thinking, instead of crayfish, maybe freshwater crabs?? if not at least the blue crays.
He wants to stock it for fishing eventually, but heres the catch, he dosnt want the usual bass/sunfish/crappie/catfish/trout fishing, but somthing more exotic to fish for. Along the lines of cichlid kind of stuff it dosnt need to be extremely large fish or fish that are good fighters, just out of the ordinary fish!
The weather around the area is fairly warm/hot all year, in the wintertime it MAY get down to the low 40s for periods.
The pond is man made on private property and is not connected to anyother body of water, so there is no chance of fish escaping anywhere to destroy another body of water or species.
SOO
What kind of fish would be hardy enough for this climate...it would be warmer water most of the year, the winters arnt to rough in socal.
Were thinking along the line of somthing like Convict cichlids/Oscars/Red Tail cat?? hahaha
For reals though guys!! we just need ideas for fish that arnt going to die off in the winter.
Oh and im heading back to that area in about 2 weeks, and i will try to get pictures then if possible.
Edit:and were also thinking, instead of crayfish, maybe freshwater crabs?? if not at least the blue crays.
