Intersting pacu experience this morning, I walked the pond around 8AM specifically looking for signs of a poacher. I didn't find any evidence, but have had a couple suspicious things happen over the last several days. I hooked up a couple of telltales and walked back to the house. Around 11 I looked out at the pond and saw a fish flipping around on the surface, got my binocs and it was a dead tilapia, about 3 lbs being eaten by two pacu. The head and tail were gone and they were going to town on the rest, I just checked again, 2:30PM, and there was about a pound left.
How the tilapia died I don't know. Poacher is the first thought as I don't see dead fish very often and then only after fishing.
I checked again at around 2:50 and the tilapia was gone. The pound probably wasn't eaten yet but the piece was small enough that a pacu could take it under water and it and others could eat it fast enough that it would not resurface. I have seen them do this before with a piece of watermellon rind, but a 1 pound chunk of fish is impressive, I ain't going in the pool today.
