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Anyone know off some off the wall fish I can stock in a deep south texas pond. Wanting something other that the reg bluegill and bass combo? Any ideas??
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How big is the pond? How about a couple tiger muskie per acre?
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pond little over an acer but im in south texas get to hot for muskie right.
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yeah planing on tilapia was wanting a little more out there
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Paddlefish, freshwater drum, redfish (can survive in fresh water???), pickeral,....
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Gar, alligator gar, sturgeon (not really???),...
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Don't forget the hybrid striped bass.
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gar, grinnell, carp & buffalo and you'll be set!
3 Ponds: 8.5 acres, 1.5 acres, 0.5 acres
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I hear that the hybrid striped bass dont do well down here south in small ponds. Anyone know anything about white bass in a pond? And red drum wont even live in the tanks at cabelas so they prob wont live in mine, but mine is kinda salty maybe they would do great.
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I for sure dont want gar but whats a grinnell?
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Redfish can survive in freshwater. They just have to be 15"+ when you stock them. There is a lake by San Antonio that the TPWD stocked them into. Don't know if they are still doing it.
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Excuse my ignorance all but isn't a "Bowfin" the same thing as a Choupique (Shoe-Pike) or "Mudfish" or "Cyprus Bass" or "Cypress Trout" as we call them in central Louisiana? If so, I have experiences with this fish as giving an excellent fight and will hit a plastic worm like there is no tomorrow.
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Would a peacock bass live? or even be legal?
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I've stocked northern pike in TN before and had them do very well, and it gets very hot here in the summer, usually with at least a couple days at 100 or better. I just read an article online that said the state of Arizona tried stocking tiger muskie, and they believe the stocking failed primarily due to pike eating the muskie fingerlings rather than the temperature.
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I find this ideal interesting and might consider it my self.. An all exotic fish pond....Does any one know of a place that sells these sugested species??
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See im getting some people thinking out of the box i like it. To the red fiish in SA yes they are still doing it i live close to these two lake my whole life and the red fishing is good here but there power plant lakes so they say warm. It could be worth a try but i wouldnt know where to get them. But the peacocks would be bad to the bone not sure if they would live down here or not.
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Rio Grande Perch. You might have to re-stock annually, but they look really cool and I know some survive in area rivers.
Ponds in TX, lake place in WI, me in CA
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Well, if you are talking apex predators, I think there is a species of shark that will live in very low concentrations of salt water, and maybe in fresh water. 
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Zambezi sharks and bronze whalers. That would make one heck of a pond!
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Redfish can survive in freshwater. They just have to be 15"+ when you stock them. There is a lake by San Antonio that the TPWD stocked them into. Don't know if they are still doing it. I am just curious. Why do they have to be over 15 inches?
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See I love these ideas! really good on the rio grand those are cool loooking fish
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Definitely good on the Rio Grande - screw the expense and hassle of a border fence!
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anyone know what rio grands feed on ????
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