Who on here keeps natives?

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Do you keep natives?

  • Yes

    Votes: 109 64.9%
  • No

    Votes: 30 17.9%
  • I have in the past

    Votes: 29 17.3%

  • Total voters
    168
All I have now is a red breast sunnie that I caught two days ago!!

Here is some from the beginning days when I was all native!!

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i use to. Now i will be geting like 5 baby tiger musky. cant wait going to be so happy!!
 
where would one acquire baby tiger muskies??? I'd love to get em small, grow em a little bit in my 125 and release them locally. Cook county (illinois) forest preserves suck at stocking their lakes. Ive even considered breeding bluegill just because most of the lakes and sloughs around here are empty and over fished.
 
Not a good idea to release fish that were kept and raised in your tanks.
 
krichardson;4279206; said:
Not a good idea to release fish that were kept and raised in your tanks.

Not to mention, illegal in most states to release natives without a gov't permit.
 
I keep

greenside darters northern longear sunfish
blackside darters green sunfish
johnny darters orangespotted sunfish
logperch darters bluegill
redfin shiners pumpkinseed x green sunfish
spotfin shiners smallmouth bass
silverjaw minnow stonecat madtom
bluntnose minnow blackstripped topminnow
central stoneroller bluefin killi
creek chub
hornyhead chub
white sucker
 
I've got the following:

Spotted sunfish (x3)
Golden topminnow (male x2)
Seminole killifish (x2)
Golden shiners (x3)
Coastal shiners (x2)
Blackbanded darters (x3)

Been looking for dollar sunfish, but haven't been able to catch any yet.
 
I still have my Gar, Green Sunfish, and a Bullhead.
I do keep a lot of wild-caught exotics,they are not natives, but are common here:
Jaguars, Midas, Firemouth, a Green Severum, Oscars, Plecos.

I have caught Walking Catfish, Snakeheads, and Pacu as well, but not interested in keeping them.
 
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