The Fish Thread

[mcpurple]

oh ok. i have a 35 gall hexagon fish tank with. i just got some cheap fish in theri that way if they die it was not a waste of cash. i got a pleco, black mollies, neon tetras, pristella tetras, gold long finned danios, and then i got some crawdads in theri as well. i had 4 crawdads but their is only one home for them and they are territorial and the biggest one killed the lil guys.

what do those big fish eat. smaller fish?

 

[golddog]

nice fish, what do yu mean catch up to twice a month, looks like an easy catch if its a pet.

I have a fish, anyone know what kind it is?



It's a vegetarian piranha

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

I have a fish, anyone know what kind it is?

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It's a vegetarian piranha

Black Pacu

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

what do those big fish eat. smaller fish?

Tiger Oscar is carnivorous, it eats basically any living thing it can fit in its mouth. It will also take larger pellet food, but they are particularly fond of guppies & feeder goldfish.

 

[golddog]

Black Pacu

A friend of mine came over and I forgot what he said. I've had it for years.

Thanks

 

[mcpurple]

i want to get some piranhas

 

[mistaphuck]

oh ok. i have a 35 gall hexagon fish tank with. i just got some cheap fish in theri that way if they die it was not a waste of cash. i got a pleco, black mollies, neon tetras, pristella tetras, gold long finned danios, and then i got some crawdads in theri as well. i had 4 crawdads but their is only one home for them and they are territorial and the biggest one killed the lil guys.

what do those big fish eat. smaller fish?

I feed mine pellets, he only has one pectoral fin. he is much too slow to catch goldfish..

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Lots of potential in a few years.
This little guy tried to eat a 10 oz Butterfly jig. We find some pretty big fish inside the larger ones, hell they even eat their own young. Some of the commercial salmon fishermen tell of seeing 150 lb or better fish ripping through the kelp forest after 12 lb salmon.

Oh, and anybody like Robalo aka, Snook?

 

[mcpurple]

went to the river for a few hours yesterday, i caught 1 ten inch coastal cutthroat on salmon roe.
these fish are endangered and are supposed to be released but he swallowed the hook and he bleed out befor ei could release him alive, so instead of wasting him i kept hiim to eat

 

[mcpurple]

caught a nice small mouth bass today with a fat albert

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

caught a nice small mouth bass today with a fat albert

Nice healthy looking fish Mcp - (Pssst, its a Largemouth bass)
But you knew that, just checking to see if we're paying attention right?

 

[mcpurple]

thanks GWN, and how do you tell it is a large or small mouth i always go off of the size of the mouth, like if the mouth opens more then the fish is thick then it is a large mouth if not then a small, ive caught bass this size that had much larger mouths then this one. i have only been bass fishing for about a year now though so i am not really sure how to tell exactly.
can you fill me in on how to

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

thanks GWN, and how do you tell it is a large or small mouth i always go off of the size of the mouth, like if the mouth opens more then the fish is thick then it is a large mouth if not then a small, ive caught bass this size that had much larger mouths then this one. i have only been bass fishing for about a year now though so i am not really sure how to tell exactly.
can you fill me in on how to

Coloration is different - Smallies are sometimes called "Bronze back".
Also the Smallmouth has bigger "Shoulders" than a Largemouth for their size.

 

[mcpurple]

thanks GWN, i also looked it up and it seems the largemouth have a colored stripe down the middle of it and the small mouth are kinda tiger striped

 

[mcpurple]

caught another bass today at the same place as the other day, it was about the same size, i caught it on a rapalas shad. it seems all the bass in this small pond are the same size, i was talking to a few people theri and they said they have caught 5 pounders out of the pond before, they also say theri is land locked steal head in theri, but i do not believe that part cuz the only way they could have got in theri is if the river flooded very high and it hasn't been that high in over 20 years. i was also told bass dont bite near as much or none at all in the winter does any one know if this is true?

 

[mastakoosh]

awesome thread dude. i can see u love to fish. i love to bass fish too, just too many damn smallmouth around here. i like nice topwater largemouth fishing but nothing wrong with some nice smallie though.

 

[mcpurple]

yes i do love to fish, just started bass fishing not to long ago. i dont think i have caught any small mouths yet, do they fight different or something, i would think they were very similar besides the mouth size and markings

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Another largemouth - very healthy fish, nice & chunky.
They will fall off the bite when the water temprature hits somewhere around 50 deg F, with the larger fish quitting first.
Looks like you're pretty warm where you are right now so they could keep eating for some time yet.
And Smallies are said to be among (if not THE) hardest fighting freshwater fish in North America.

 

[mcpurple]

Another largemouth - very healthy fish, nice & chunky.
They will fall off the bite when the water temprature hits somewhere around 50 deg F, with the larger fish quitting first.
Looks like you're pretty warm where you are right now so they could keep eating for some time yet.

thanks GWN, it was a fairly sunny day today but temps are only in the mid 50s inthe day and drop down to the 30s at night now and it gets colder by the day now. imstill gonna be fishing for them for a few weeks though, i dont think i can wait till summer for bass again, looks like i will be trout and steel head fishing for the winter though

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

thanks GWN, it was a fairly sunny day today but temps are only in the mid 50s inthe day and drop down to the 30s at night now and it gets colder by the day now. imstill gonna be fishing for them for a few weeks though, i dont think i can wait till summer for bass again, looks like i will be trout and steel head fishing for the winter though

I think most of my fishing is done for this year, the weather just gets worse from here on out. Tonite seas are 15' and the wind is gusting to 70kt.