Huge Pacu in FL

[synapse989]

bait for carp? hmm... ..ahh right.. beer cans, old shoes, dirty diapers, ...old bits of scrap metal... I remember feeding loogies to the carp @ Cedar Point

I remember fishing for Black Drum in south texas... buddy of mine used a big ball of hooks and they're stupid enough to taste whatever...

 

[likestofish]

They are considered to be a very tasty foodfish but are terrible in non-native areas, they have also killed two people in New Guinea, Pond farms where the net workers tend to not wear shorts, ouch.

HOW????????

 

[fatherof5]

What else is in the florida water system(non-native)?

 

[maynardwix]

What else is in the florida water system(non-native)?

Lol, you just opened a can of worms here. There are so many fish here that are not native. Most were released by aquariests, some introduced by the state to try to solve other problems. Here's a list for you.

Established Species (permanent populations; i.e., populations unlikely to be eliminated by man or natural causes and from which individuals can be regularly collected).

1. Brown Hoplo
2. Bullseye Snakehead
3. Oscar
4. Butterfly Peacock Bass
5. Black Acara
6. Midas Cichlid
7. Rio Grande Cichlid3
8. Jaguar Cichlid
9. Yellowbelly Cichlid (salvini)
10. Mayan Cichlid
11. African Jewelfish
12. Blue Tilapia
13. Mozambique Tilapia
14. Blackchin Tilapia
15. Spotted Tilapia
16. Walking Catfish
17. Common Carp
18. Suckermouth Catfish
19. Vermiculated Sailfin Catfish
20. Orinoco Sailfin Catfish
21. Clown Knifefish
22. Pike Killifish
23. Asian Swamp Eel

Possibly Established Species (species believed to be reproducing, but might eventually be eliminated by man or natural causes; i.e., populations are typically small, have limited distributions, and cannot consistently be collected).

1. Eartheater
2. Eastern Happy
3. Banded Cichlid
4. Theraps Hybrid
5. Hornet Tilapia
6. Nile Tilapia
7. Oriental Weatherfish
8. Bristlenosed Catfish
9. Spotfin Spiny Eel

Localized (a confined, reproducing population that might be eliminated by natural causes or by man using available methods).

1. Silver Dollar
2. Variable Platyfish

Formerly Reproducing Species (illegally introduced populations; those intentionally eliminated by man indicated by an asterisk*).

1. Climbing Perch
2. Croaking Gourami
3. Siamese Fightingfish (Betta)
4. Twospot Ctenopoma
5. Trahira
6. Pirambeba*
7. Firemouth Cichlid
8. Convict Cichlid*
9. Jack Dempsey
10. Threespot Cichlid*
11. Redbelly Tilapia*
12. Guppy
13. Green Swordtail
14. Southern Platyfish

Other Species of Interest (fishes collected multiple times without evidence of reproduction, possible natural hybrids, and/or are of interest for some other reason).

1. Black Pacu
2. Redbellied Pacu
3. Cichlasoma Hybrid
4. Northern Snakehead
5. Grass Carp
6. Barred Bichir

 

[ghostknifefish0909]

wow good list there.

-GKF

 

[likestofish]

that kinda cool, in the way you can get a clown knife fish without going to a petshop.

 

[maynardwix]

that kinda cool, in the way you can get a clown knife fish without going to a petshop.

You just have to watch fo parasites that the fish may have from the wild. I know many people that go out and catch Jaguar cichlids, and Peacock Bass for their tanks, a lot easier and than going to the pet store as long as they are disease free.

 

[likestofish]

oh yeah i heard in lake ocachobe that any clown you catch you have to kill on site.

 

[maynardwix]

oh yeah i heard in lake ocachobe that any clown you catch you have to kill on site.

Yea, the problem is all over the state, specially the southern part. You can go to the Evrglades and catch Oscars, most of the being the wild form. In the Dade county area Jaguar cichlids are real popular. Also, one of the owners of my LFS just caught a female Mayan cichlid and all her fry, he had them in isolation tanks at the store, he caught them in a local pond. I myself have caught many large plecos 22 inch average. These along with all the rest of the fish I have listed above are non-native and were either introduced by irresponsible hobbiest, or by the state to control another problem. It is really a shame for the natural enviroment, but makes it very exciting when going fishing in freshwater.

 

[jd300]

thats a huge pacu