waht exotics have you caught/found/seen?

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banjocat;2633242; said:
forgot round gobies. I catch them all the time in the Saginaw River and some other rivers. As someone else mentioned common carp are also exotics in the U.S. Have also seen a few sea lamprays. Almost caught a pike with one on it once. The pike broke my line and flopped back into the water. If you count zebra mussels, they are a big problem in Michigan



Those round gobies look pretty neat to bad illegal to sell,keep as neat looking hardy fish
 
we only get coldwater crap here in the uk

i wish we could get oscars an cool catfish from a local lake
 
Louie;2629704; said:
Today caught 2 adult Oscars by some pond near Glades shooting range .
Saw few 3 to 4 inch small Oscars .
Other than that caught same ole same ole but saw lots neat gators and snakes.

Either way wanted to add Oscar to exotic list :screwy: One of the Oscars had strange under bite the others were normal but imagine born in wild few generations as drab colored as they were.
nice o
nice managuense
whatd you do with em?

Louie;2664873; said:
I think talipia but not sure . Caught a few small ones on earthworm baited hooks with no barbs .

Other than that caught same ole same ole . I was actualy targeting convicts lol as jumbo ones in canal but caught tiny talipia and few tiny jags . Convicts wont bite .
those are blue tilapia
 
Bottomfeeder;2666854; said:
nice o
nice managuense
whatd you do with em?


those are blue tilapia



I let it go . I catch them take pics and let go . My friends in NY like the pics lol.

Thanks I was 90% sure some type tilapia. Only caught small one's but one guy caught real big one's on different part of canal .

Thankfully he to just takes pics and lets go.
 
Ransom;2665472; said:
we only get coldwater crap here in the uk

i wish we could get oscars an cool catfish from a local lake


Wild Oscars here that are few generations old are the most drab colored oscars you could imagine . Nothing at all like your avatar.

The other cichlids seem to take on enhanced colors generation after generation but not Oscars. Well, convicts are very drab also though big.

Even the albinos look like combo grayish/pseudo bland yellow. I havent caught any albino but seen them.

The albino seem mostly caught in Spring/Summer . While reg Oscars all yr round.
I wont fish anymore after April till Oct as let the cichlids breed in peace but if catch one before that will post pic. Dissapointing look compared to Oscars your used to.
 
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