Your first Native

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Chanel cat from lake castaic just north of los angeles. I was about 10 years old and found it in the rocks along the shore while I was looking for crayfish. Started about 2 inches and I got it to just under 10 before putting it in a friends pond. That was the fish that really got me into fish keeping. I haven't kept any other natives until recently.
 
I'm fairly new to keeping natives but my first catch and keeper was a pumpkinseed sunfish from not even a mile from my house.But I do have a full native setup now and that fish started it.
 
Random minnows from a stream, and a group of baby bullheads.
 
Yellow bullhead and a bluegill that I caught out of a small creek near my house.
 
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