Finally caught a baby largemouth to accompany my baby peacock bass

[surfer]

I'm not standing up for anyone! Where did you read that? Making up bs now, ic. And was I wrong? No! Here we all go arguing now! Sometimes, you just have to learn when to give in. I've learned that the hard way in life.

I feel you brah. My bad, I didn't mean for this thread to go this direction. I was expecting compliments and advice. Mods feel free to delete this thread. Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease ya'll.

 

[studd muffin]

lol ive done that in the past. LMB are very interesting fish to keep.

Chill

In the PAST!i havent fish this whole year.

 

[Hoyo12]

I feel you brah. My bad, I didn't mean for this thread to go this direction. I was expecting compliments and advice. Mods feel free to delete this thread. Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease ya'll.

lol, it has nothing to do with your thread, it's just sometimes people need to know when to just leave it alone.
Anyway, no matter what, that is a nice looking LMB.

 

[surfer]

I just tried feeding it. I dropped a nightcrawler right in front of his face. He ignores it and the peacock bass take care of it. I drop another one and he looks at it and eats it. Success! So I drop another one and he mouths it and spits it out! I drop another one and he doesn't even acknowledge it and peacocks eat it. What's the deal? Is he just being a picky eater? At least he ate one.

 

[studd muffin]

Thats a great start to be honest. Sometimes it takes very long for fish that were caught in the wild to accept food. Good luck!

 

[Zander_The_RBP]

It's not difficult to go to the town hall and get a permit to keep a small fish from a local pond, river, or lake. I have done so before. This to me is a little ridiculous to ridicule someone for such a small infraction, especially when it was for the sole purpose of keeping the fish healthy and alive....
I wonder though if you have a native tank, did you obey all laws and restrictions to acquire your fish?

I agree people need to really weigh the consequences of their (and others) actions, stand back for a second and think: is taking out one fish really that bad ? no it's not taking this one fish out will make room for one more of those other fish in the pond to survive so their is no net loss of fish, now if everyone was doing this then yes there would be a problem but everyone isn't a monsterfishkeeper.


Really the ignorance in this thread is profound, people are basing their moral opinions on laws some other dude wrote. WTF? By doing that you really are a slave to the system and nothing but a follower and society dosen't need anymore of those, why do you think we have all these nut jobs running our societies?

People tell me what is the difference between netting out one fish and using a rod and reel to get one fish ? Is there any greater environmental consequences from using the net? NO. By agreeing to these laws you are proving that you have no higher brain function and are incapable of thinking for yourselves. These laws were put in place to prevent people from netting out a bajillion fish but is this guy doing that? no he's not.

Im somewhat biased as im an anarchist and reliase that politicians don't even care about the environment they always have some ulterior motive to putting these laws in place. (the motive is usualy to slowly limit freedom while being inconspicuous so as to make us not notice until one day they will even tell us how to think. Oh who am i kidding they already do teach us what to think anyone who has seen a grade 1 class understands that)

Rant over

to the OP hope it works out between your pbass and largemouth that will look quite intresting when they are bigger. Keep trying and eventualy your bass will eat anything you throw in their.

 

[DREAM-faw]

What's the deal? Is he just being a picky eater? At least he ate one.

I say just keep what your doing. He'll eventually take them sooner or later!

 

[warmouth]

According to this website: http://www.getsomebass.com/largemouthbass_bio.html
It says for the Northern Strain: "Typically 75-85 degrees is their “perfect” temperature. When the shallows get too warm, during the dog days of summer, largemouth will tend to head to slightly deeper water to stay in their comfort zone. This is especially true of the biggest fish. This establishes the stopping point of their migrations to the shallows."
For the Florida Strain: [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Also, they can tolerate a wide range of water clarities and bottom types, prefer water temperatures from 65 to 85 degrees, and are usually found at depths less than 20 feet. [/FONT]

This site http://www.bassfishingandcatching.com/largemouth-bass-habitat.html says that "They function best in water between 65° and 90°F, but they are able to tolerate water that rises to the "low 90s" in the southern states."
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http://www.warmwaterflyfisher.com/WWspecies/bigsunfish.htm
Habitat: The largemouth is the classic"warm-water" species. It flourishes in waters warmer than 80 degrees and can survive temperatures in the mid-90's.[/FONT]

There are numerous sites that give the same info.
My temp is currently at 80 degrees. I think YOU should do YOUR research before opening YOUR mouth.

The southern strain of Largemouth (Florida strain) is acclimated to live in tanks that are High 70s-low 80s the Northern strain from Northern states are not, what you are getting in info from sites who give temps from their area or averages from research done with one strain in one area. Talk to native experts at NANFA , Jonahs Aquarium or Zimmermans fish if you dont believe me.

 

[warmouth]

I agree people need to really weigh the consequences of their (and others) actions, stand back for a second and think: is taking out one fish really that bad ? no it's not taking this one fish out will make room for one more of those other fish in the pond to survive so their is no net loss of fish, now if everyone was doing this then yes there would be a problem but everyone isn't a monsterfishkeeper.


Really the ignorance in this thread is profound, people are basing their moral opinions on laws some other dude wrote. WTF? By doing that you really are a slave to the system and nothing but a follower and society dosen't need anymore of those, why do you think we have all these nut jobs running our societies?

People tell me what is the difference between netting out one fish and using a rod and reel to get one fish ? Is there any greater environmental consequences from using the net? NO. By agreeing to these laws you are proving that you have no higher brain function and are incapable of thinking for yourselves. These laws were put in place to prevent people from netting out a bajillion fish but is this guy doing that? no he's not.

Im somewhat biased as im an anarchist and reliase that politicians don't even care about the environment they always have some ulterior motive to putting these laws in place. (the motive is usualy to slowly limit freedom while being inconspicuous so as to make us not notice until one day they will even tell us how to think. Oh who am i kidding they already do teach us what to think anyone who has seen a grade 1 class understands that)

Rant over

to the OP hope it works out between your pbass and largemouth that will look quite intresting when they are bigger. Keep trying and eventualy your bass will eat anything you throw in their.

Hmmmn what can I say besides i dont give a flying f that your an Anarchist, and in my state and some others it was university researchers working with wildlife officials who came up with the regulations to preserve our natural heritage.....and anyone whos done any research and dosent speak out their arse would realize this 1st grade education or not. Some laws are wrong and support special interest groups.....some laws protect the citizens and our natural heritage and resources....it takes common sense and wisdom to figure out the difference, not a FIRST GRADE EDUCATION!!!!! What Im trying to say is that those conservation laws are put their to protect our native fish and wildlife and if you want to break them I wont be crying any tears for you when you get caught; but I would prefer you not to post things on this site that will get other people in trouble with the law, and harm our natural heritage (along with possibly getting this website in trouble).

 

[ry-jen]

A big problem with keeping native species is that if they are re-released they can spread diseases that they pick up in the aquarium. If you "aquire" a wild caught fish, maybe just make sure you don't do it in a lake where there is a shortage of bass. Where I live they are considered an introduced species and there is no limit.