08-09-05, 12:43 AM | #1 |
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What the..............!?
I caught this fish today and I and I have not a clue what it is. It looks like a carp but its fins are further back and has a wide faned tail........ I would apreciate some help........Before I go and eat it..... Thanks.......
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So are you looking at big mouth full of rows of teeth? Im thinking its a bowfin, i caught one of these back in October or so and by the time i realized how mean this puppy was i had already lipped it only to nearly lose my thumb........and if it is a bowfin, i wouldnt eat that thing.
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08-09-05, 01:17 AM | #3 |
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You have a picture of it?
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08-09-05, 01:31 AM | #4 |
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No its not a bow fin i catch those all the time................. It looks like a bow fin but just shorter and wider............... I dont have a pic..........
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If I didn't know what itwas... I sure wouldn't eat it! Not sure what that thing is without a picture.
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Any way, which kind lure did you use to catch this fish? topwater lure, or spinnerbait?
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could it be a perch? what kind of water body did you catch him out of? depth, condition, lure, that might help us determine what he is.
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Maybe its a new breed lol then theyll name a fish after you
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08-09-05, 01:22 PM | #9 |
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I caught it on live worms in a pond. The owner calls them Tilapi or somwething like that aand say they are goo to eat................
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08-09-05, 03:24 PM | #10 |
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This is is it.................
Its suppose to be a fish from Africa or Asia.................
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08-09-05, 03:26 PM | #11 |
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The one I caught was a lot lighter than that cause it was in a muddy pond...............
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is that it? |
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yup, the golf cooarse ponds around here are loaded with those guys......they are very good to eat, but i wouldnt eat nothin outta a golf coarse pond...lol. they are plant eaters....your lucky he took the worm.
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ahh, didn't see your post til I posted mine
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apparently Tilapia is raised on farms to be eaten.
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Actually my aunt caught 5 on worms and I caught one..... Caught more of them than we did catfish................
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there not native species to north america, but they arnt an evasive species because they pose no threat to other species of fish in the water.......like you said they came from africa or somewhere over there. i have seen them in all the golf coarse ponds, and some other ponds that i have fished......they dont get very big.
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I think the reason they bit worms so good is that it is a clay bottom pond ans there aint no plants in it....................
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now that i think of it....there is one species of tilapia that will eat other things then plants......thats probally what is is.
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Probably..............
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Bass down in Mexico lakes eat those things so they probably eat the Juvees on your lakes too!
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08-09-05, 03:46 PM | #22 |
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The guy said he put 100 bass in there 4 years ago so probably..........
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Bass in Mexico grow fat feeding on them, they are the most abundant panfish in mexican waters, depending on the species they are herbivorous and/or detritophagous. They are native to central africa and are raised for human consumption and animal consumption. Most probably you have eaten them without noticing, they are sold filleted and labeled as "white nile fish" in places like SamĀ“s and Costco.
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round here we have something that will remove them from the water and eat them by the truck loads. they are called mexicans. lol jk
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I wonder if a fingerling got mixed in with some bass stocking,
The shape and general apearance is like a crappie, however the skid and some other snout diferences , Hell name it and see how often it bites lol |
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