question?

[milkman407]

Why is it that Certain non native fish ( Pbass,chana,Jags,etc..) Are only in south florida near miami. Rather than near orlando? Is it because it gets to cold ? or is it because they just havent moved up this far north yet?

Thanks

~ Milk

 

[CHOMPERS]

Yep, too cold in the winter. JuanTamad gave his buddy in Tampa some pbass for his pond. They did well for several years until a bad winter. They were floating the next day. JuanTamad got a call the next day saying they were having pbass for dinner.

 

[dovii88]

i may be taking a trip to miami this year anyone wanna take me fishing for some cichlids, and maybe some channa

 

[big train]

I think it's really what kind of fish it is like P's for example in my part of V.A. P's are illegal but i drive to northeren V.A. and there they are at the lfs the shop owner said that in southeren V.A. they can survive a cold winter in a deep lake.If u go north of the mason dickson line they cannot survive the winter therefor making them legal to have.I guess the pbass and other cichlids just are not hardy enough to survive a winter just a couple hundered miles from where they are now in miami and i red most of those fish live in ditches and shallow canals so they don't have chance when it gets cold there.