Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Fishin' 2009

Is he going to get it mounted? That is amazing a rainbow trout whacking a BG that size. That is really cool... Was this trout caught in that real deep lake you guys manage or another one? I think you will be really pleased with the brown trout when you stock them. They will impress you with their aggressiveness towards minnow like baits.

Mid-October and I will be heading up north for a load of browns!
We arent getting that rainbow mounted, but plan on starting to get the best fish of each species caught from the lake to date mounted next year.

I really enjoy seeing all these pictures of some beautiful fish. I wish I could grow trout. Had some friends over to fish and have a fish fry today. Had a hard time catching HBG under a pound for eating. I'm trying to let all fish gp of they are over one pound. Here is a pic of the largest we caught today at 1lb 8-5/8 oz. I got this shot while on the scale for proof. The tray the fish laying in is 10 inches long and 6 inches wide.

That is one bruiser HBG, bz.

Nice fish bz! How old is it?

Is this some kind of tilapia? I caught it on a worm in a lake in SW Florida.

It sure looks like one. Where's Rainman when he's needed? Hey Rex, WAKE UP!!!

Looks like a Mayan Cichlid to me, they have been released in Florida.



Mayan Cichlid in Florida

Spot on, thats a cool article. I can verify that they are agressive and fight very well for the size! I wonder what else are hiding in these lakes. I caught a 3 foot gar the other day

Great call Jeff. Tilapia's are all part of the family Cichlidae.

Imagine fighting one in 8-10 pound range!!!

That sir, would be awesome!

We caught spotted tilapia, peacock bass (my favorite), flatheads, black bass, and a walking catfish from a small lake in Ft. Lauderdale last October. And we saw something that resembled a plecostomaus (sp?) except it had to have been 3+ feet long. Didn't even know what to throw at it so we left it alone.

There are some interesting aquarium releases gone wild in FL that is for sure!

Check this site out for all the crazy fish you can find:
http://myfwc.com/WILDLIFEHABITATS/Nonnative_FW_Fish.htm

And not only aquatics either. The pythons/boas, chimps, etc. One of the residents on the lake we stayed at was with the Venom Unit in Florida and had some wild stories, almost all to do with non-native snakes.

I saw a fishing special a while back in which they were fishing for Peacock Bass, man they looked like a fun fish to catch.

I've read that pound for pound it's one of the best fighting fish out there. Of course, these things get absolutely HUGE in the Amazon. The ones I caught were much smaller obviously.











Here's an Amazon Butterfly Peacock.

Really nice Josh...they look like they fried up nicely - how did they measure up on the table?

Amazing. It was like sweet chicken, the best I can describe it. If you ever get the chance I certainly suggest it. I am jealous of our Floridian friends. These were caught in October when we had snow on the ground back home.

Funny thing, I think that first pic is the first one I caught and that's me trying to figure out what the hell it was.

Sweet chicken...coincidently, if I'm not mistaken, that was JHAP's nickname playing Pee Wee football

Really, it was more of a college thing.

I came down to visit my dad on the Chesapeake Bay this afternoon. We caught 6 bluefish this evening.



We're gonna head out in the morning and give it a try again. We'll see if some Spanish mackerel or stripers wanna give us a run or two...

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Well CJ, how'd you do this a.m.?

Got battered like heck! 4-5 foot seas with 25-30 winds... After 30 minutes of getting knocked all over we called it a morning! So we got skunked...

Better skunked than having to swim back to shore! Wise decision.