South TX fishing/collecting today (pics)

[jpenney]

Went out to a friends ranch today here in S. Texas. The original intent was to catch some big bass and blue gill and see if we could put a dent in the talapia population. Well we netted quite-a-few talapia for table fare and caught and released a few bass/sunfish but the HIGHLIGHT of my day was watching my daughter reel in the BIGGEST TX Cichlid I've ever seen! It weighed in around 2.3 pounds and around (guessing) 14 inches long! Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera or a bucket to put the fish in. SO...I left, got my a big ice chest and came back. Well, we did catch several other Tx Cichlids but none as big as my daughters. I kept two for my home aquarium (the current inhabitants are gettin the boot to my buddies aquarium) Anyway, here's one of the spots we were fishing:

and here's one of my new aquarium aquisitions:

I picked up one male and one female so we'll see ??
Jason

 

[gian krlo]

Nice experience, i believe you cause it happen the same with the gts here in ecuador, as you may know my haouse is at the shore of the river and i can catch them when i want, i keep a pair for now, and the biggest i have seen is 20", icant see the pics of your texas, nice place and fish!!!

 

[ewurm]

What a great TX! That river must move very slow with all those pads.

 

[jpenney]

Nice experience, i believe you cause it happen the same with the gts here in ecuador, as you may know my haouse is at the shore of the river and i can catch them when i want, i keep a pair for now, and the biggest i have seen is 20", icant see the pics of your texas, nice place and fish!!!

No se por que no puede verlos pero trate estas (links):
El Rio En Donde Estabamos
y, el unos de los pescaditos que encontraron, se llaman Rio Grande Perch or Texas Cichlid
Su ingles es poquito mejo de mi espanol pero estoy tratando
Jason

 

[JCA]

Nice experience, i believe you cause it happen the same with the gts here in ecuador, as you may know my haouse is at the shore of the river and i can catch them when i want, i keep a pair for now, and the biggest i have seen is 20", icant see the pics of your texas, nice place and fish!!!

20"????

 

[jpenney]

What a great TX! That river must move very slow with all those pads.

It moves pretty slow in that one spot but runs fast in others. You can actually see the springs comming up from the bottom in some spots. Crystal Clear...

 

[gian krlo]

No se por que no puede verlos pero trate estas (links):
El Rio En Donde Estabamos
y, el unos de los pescaditos que encontraron, se llaman Rio Grande Perch or Texas Cichlid
Su ingles es poquito mejo de mi espanol pero estoy tratando
Jason

ya los veo jejeje, esta bien interesante ese riachuelo, y pues hablo el espanol demasiado bien, como puedes ver, y mi ingles es igual ya que es mi idioma principal pero igual hablo como si fueran mis dos idiomas natales. que bien saber que hables algo de espanol, yo tambien hablo italiano (italian)

well enough spanish right??? nice fish dude, ohh and the gts do reach 20" in wild JCA

 

[jpenney]

ya los veo jejeje, esta bien interesante ese riachuelo, y pues hablo el espanol demasiado bien, como puedes ver, y mi ingles es igual ya que es mi idioma principal pero igual hablo como si fueran mis dos idiomas natales. que bien saber que hables algo de espanol, yo tambien hablo italiano (italian)

well enough spanish right??? nice fish dude, ohh and the gts do reach 20" in wild JCA

A friend of mine was from Quito (sp). His dad was the Ecuadorian Ammbas. to the US. The pictures that he showed me from their ranch was awesome! I'd kill to make a trip down there for some snake hunting and fishing. You're lucky. go out and get some pictures of the local fauna for us gringos del norte that aren't lucky enough to be down there..Jason

 

[mike dunagan]

great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gian krlo]

A friend of mine was from Quito (sp). His dad was the Ecuadorian Ammbas. to the US. The pictures that he showed me from their ranch was awesome! I'd kill to make a trip down there for some snake hunting and fishing. You're lucky. go out and get some pictures of the local fauna for us gringos del norte that aren't lucky enough to be down there..Jason

Yeah it is very nice!!! im lucky cause my parents are from NJ and i was born here in ecuador and i have to say im very glad to be here, i can catch festae and gts when i want and aloooot of more animals and fish.