Its been about a month since I caught the Pacu "A" team. Been busy ranching...but today was kind of rainy and cloudy so I went fishing instead. The result: the Pacu "A" team in Nova pond is now verifiably 3.2 pounds and 3.75 pounds respectively.

This is now a serious fish...in just three months in this pond surpassing most of the HSB that have been in this pond for four years. It has moved past the ultra-light tackle stage...you won't catch these fighters on light lines and you better handle them with caution much like one would handle a serious saltwater fish.

This experiment started out as a search for a seasonal grass carp weed control replacement...but this isn't a grass carp in any shape, form, or function. It is a game fish, perhaps the equal of any in freshwater. This remarkable fish compares favorably with the great saltwater fish called a Permit. It is wide and thick and uses this shape to its advantage when hooked. A spectacular fighter that comes back for more and more.

There must be some downsides to this fish...it is eating something besides weeds to achieve this incredible growth. I suspect it is opportunistic and will eat anything it can get in its mouth.

They should be around 6 pounds by this fall and will probably be too large to carry over indoors into next year....but I intend to give it a try anyway. What a fish!