Large mouth

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Chad55;594511; said:
Shoulda stuck with the original plan lol....The LMB will be way too big in about a year to a year and a half. LMB get BIG. Worst part is now even though u cannot keep him for life you can't return him to the lake where he came. Oh well I would keep him still. I have a LMB and he is great. Maybe when he outgrows it you will love him so much you will get him a bigger tank! I built mine a pond! Good luck

Chad
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UMMMMMMMMM why can he not RETURN him ...YES he can ..yet i'd keep him
 
I wouldn't let him touch minnows until you are absolutly sure he is pellet trained. I would just throw some pellets in there first thing and see if he eats them right away...if not try some shrimp or bloodworms. If he won't eat that then starve him for another day or two and try it again.

Chad
 
FishSkins;594863; said:
UMMMMMMMMM why can he not RETURN him ...YES he can ..yet i'd keep him
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No...he really can't. It is very dangerous and HIGHLY illegal.

Chad
 
Chad55;594868; said:
No...he really can't. It is very dangerous and HIGHLY illegal.

Chad
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dude it's it illegal to put fish that don't belong there in the frist place..it's not Dangerous.and in most states it is illegal to take such a fish from the waters
 
FishSkins;594873; said:
dude it's it illegal to put fish that don't belong there in the frist place..it's not Dangerous.and in most states it is illegal to take such a fish from the waters
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It's a risk because that fish could carry something that it got while in the aquarium. Kinda like how AIDS came to NA when someone visited Africa and ... there and then ... here. You never want to disrupt an ecosystem, NEVER.

As for feeding him. I would start with crickets and worms, then try frozen, then try pellets.
 
Brooklamprey said:
I'll start this off with a few.

One is that there are complex functions in a given ecosystem that we really are not fully aware of. By releasing a fish into that system it could very well disrupt that.

Some species have the ability to bump out existing species physically or genetically wreaking havoc to the balance of the system. This can have many consequences to both the natural system or in some cases it can have human economic impact.

In some cases differing localities of fish species have very different sets of genes that help them adapt to their particular locality. introducing the genes from one population into another can weaken or destroy the genetic integrity of a specific locality.

One case in study, is the stocking by the Wisconsin DNR of Muskellunge. The stock fish that where being released and stocked were genetically inferior to the "great lakes" strain of fish and set to Grow slow and small rather than grow fast and big. it also turned out that the stocked musky where totally unequipped to compete well when mixed un-naturally with Northern pike as they where adapted to spawning in shallow water rather than deep water. In areas Musky and northern pike naturally co-habitat Musky always spawn in Deeper water. We now know this above information. But 20 years ago we had no clue that this was going on in the genetics or behavior of the fish. In a way a Muskellunge is not just a muskellunge everywhere and they should not be haphazardly thrown about and stocked just anywhere from anywhere just because they are Esox masquinongy .

These days fisheries management officials do think about this and weight it before stocking fish.

In another case, some species of fish have very defined social orders and familial clan ties. When another fish is introduced to this group (even if related and of the same species). It is very likely that the invading fish will be attacked and killed or it will be predated on by being extracted from the protective group. Releasing a fish just because you caught it in the same locality does not mean it will survive or be accepted back by its own kind

Above are just a few of the many things to think about.
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Just a FEW reasons why from another site....I can get more. And it might be illegal to take them that small but really the FW don't care. Most people believe it or not get them legally anyways. Private ponds, liscenses, ect. The FW is more concerned with people putting them BACK into the wild rather than taking them from...Its a LMB you can find them in abbundance almost anywhere. If it was another maybe more rare species and it was taken illegally then that would be a different story. Your not going to jail for taking a LMB that is too small.

Chad
 
Chad55;594905; said:
Just a FEW reasons why from another site....I can get more. And it might be illegal to take them that small but really the FW don't care. Most people believe it or not get them legally anyways. Private ponds, liscenses, ect. The FW is more concerned with people putting them BACK into the wild rather than taking them from...Its a LMB you can find them in abbundance almost anywhere. If it was another maybe more rare species and it was taken illegally then that would be a different story. Your not going to jail for taking a LMB that is too small.

Chad
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Uhh.

I think if he caught a fish from one lake that is stocked by fisheries and introduced it back to a lake that is all natural, there is a possible conflict there.

But if he returned it back to the lake he caught it from? How does that tie in to anything you posted :confused: :confused:
All the stuff you listed doesnt seem to really pertain to his situation.
Or maybe i skimmed through all that too fast.

As for the last statement about the fish not being accepted back into the "familial clan" :ROFL:

Uhh.. I think if someone where releasing the fish back to the lake, they wouldnt really care if its going to be accepted back by its family. :screwy:
(and i doubt thats in the law books as a criminal act)
 
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