acording to many mods and DMACS giant post Fl PB are mono and ocell hybrids. altho the fl fish and game lists them as ocell.
what kind of pb is this
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messiner;472622; said:
Thanks for sharing.
That very well might be 100% correct. But I still hold firm.
i was just curious.
caught him years back.didnt keep him.
i got my new pb from the same place i caught him.
just thought he looked different than the yellow with black stripes ones.
caught him years back.didnt keep him.
i got my new pb from the same place i caught him.
just thought he looked different than the yellow with black stripes ones.
midnight;481363; said:
Over the years now I have had approx 50pb from miami and everglades region(homestead ect) that I have caught and raised from juvis(and caught & released hundreds)....there are 2 types down there appearance wise....in cutler drainage and everglades canals southmost ect you will find the highly speckled juvis which turn out high yellow or bright green when adults.....in tamiami area and surrounding ponds/lakes are the plainish juvis which turn out the "dirty yellow/tan" with high black blotching. Back when shafland and florida f&g 1st stocked the cichla there were peacocks from guyana,venz.,and several other areas that were brought to the US for the stocking...all were labeled as ocellaris then, but speculation of intermingling monoculus wasnt ruled out....there is alot of debate to which species these are whether a crossing of ocellarisxmonoculus or just regional variants bred to make what is now commonly refered to as florida ocellaris....after the intial stocking which included temensis(did not survive/reproduce due to size of the specimens combined with anglers taking them to f&g offices for ID due to never seeing them before created high mortality)..but after the initial stocking a breeding program was being undertaken in boca raton(I believe) by paul shafland to restock the miami canals with more pbass...again it is all speculation but highly probable to xbreeding ect.. producing the different types...and water quality plays a big part as cutler canal system is the clearest and cleanest of all the miami-dade canal systems........anyway there are distinct differences in the fish from these systems...can dig up pics if you'd like,but the one you showed definately looks like the speckled variety...which in turn look like the above pic I posted when adult.
well when i went this time,i fished in the same waterway as i got that first one.
this is what i caught this time.
thanks for all that info too.
this is what i caught this time.
thanks for all that info too.
DIESELMACK;480942; said:this is what it will look like by 20".
DMACK i bow to you and your pbass yet again
midnight;481453; said:well when i went this time,i fished in the same waterway as i got that first one.
this is what i caught this time.
thanks for all that info too.
He is small..around 4-5" he should spangle up for you if indeed caught in the same system.there are pics in these threads of some younger florida peas...the speckeled ones in the first thread are approx 4" and were caught in coral reef regional(cutler canal)miami:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6556
in this thread pics 3,5,7 are of lake and tamiami canal(miami) peacocks...#9 was caught in aerojet(everglades south)on the last fork north toward homestead.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19202
pics 7,8,9 mid page are from canal system at point above tamiami west on 41 approx 3miles from krome ave and tamiami trail.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24331
