Sunil,
Really it was a simple thing. I am retired and widowed so I have a great deal of freedom. I have always wanted to live in an exotic place, you know those tropical islands kind of thing. But, I could not afford them and a friend of mine touted me onto Thailand. Some travel around the country and I found this beautiful stretch of beach and here I am. I have been here a little over 2 years. Living is easy, economical and it keeps me challenged.
Meadowlark,
The fish is a red bellied Pacu, comes from Brazil. I think the world record is over 40 pounds. It is a relative of the piranha, but a herbivore. I stocked tilapia on March 8 at 1 � two weeks later I stocked 100 Pacu at 1 �. Which made both the tilapia and pacu the same size. I found a tilapia on the bank the other day and it was 6� exactly.
I have not measured the pacu, but they looked to be about 8�. They are much larger than the tilapia, maybe twice as big over alland getting bigger daily. When hooked they tend to run from side to side using the size of their bodies as well as their strength to fight. They eat almost any fruit or vegetable I throw in the water. I don�t think you can buy them in Texas. I don�t know why as I think they are like tilapia, they don�t breed or survive well in colder waters. They are an aquaculture fish so maybe someone in the States can find them.
http://www.thaifishingguide.com/gallery/freshwater/redbelliedpacu/red_bellied_pacu.html
