Monster fish Legality

[ygwilliam]

So I want to get into keeping some monster fish... I currently have a 150 gallon tank to grow them out in and then I can transition them to my 1300 pond and if they outgrow that I have a friend who said he would take them off my hands for me( he has three 7,000 gallon systems). I’m interested in silver arowana, RTC, TSC, jags, peacock bass, giant gourami, alligator gars, etc. I have had trouble finding information on the legality of these species... if you know if they are legal or not in California it would be very helpful. If you have any other suggestions for monster fish that would be fun to own let me know... as little bg as they are legal to keep in California.

 

[Dloks]

Everything you mentioned was legal except the gars

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Go to your state fisheries website, they should have a list that can inform you what is not legal to keep.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Gars are banned in Florida.

Personally I think a jurunese would make a fun growout.

 

[itrebebag99]

Gars are banned in Florida.

Personally I think a jurunese would make a fun growout.

Gars are banned in Florida? Off the top of my head I know of 3 or 4 YouTubers living in Florida with alligator gars...

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Gars are banned in Florida? Off the top of my head I know of 3 or 4 YouTubers living in Florida with alligator gars...

Meant to say California sorry

 

[itrebebag99]

Meant to say California sorry

Ah. Yeah that makes sense. Climate is perfect for them out there.

 

[pescado209]

everything cool or fun is illegal in this **** hole known as califronia ... but at least it has nice weather......

 

[Deadliestviper7]

everything cool or fun is illegal in this **** hole known as califronia ... but at least it has nice weather......

No kidding, it's like all the politicians got together and said : let's ban fun and freedom

 

[itrebebag99]

everything cool or fun is illegal in this **** hole known as califronia ... but at least it has nice weather......

I don't know a whole lot about California, but I understand why they wouldn't want people owning some exotic animals, after taking a lesson from Florida. True most of CA gets too cold for many tropical species to survive (though it'd be a gar paradise), however some areas near the southeast corner I believe stay subtropical year-round: