What's the invasive species like in your area.... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 4/25/2015 11:26:08 AM EDT
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South FL here...still plenty of bass and bluegill. I haven't seen a crappie in a while, think the last one I caught was out off 27 somewhere.
bullseye snakehead (these guys get big, 24") but even though they have become common, they don't seem to be crowding everything out so far 
tilapia (hybrid species) these and the mayan cichlids seem to be the most common. Fun to catch, but I don't think they are going to leave much room for bluegills and bass without human stocking programs, jmho 
(mayan cichlid) 
Oscars are gone more or less, killed off by the cold and replaced by the above 2. The only ones I have seen are down in south dade. 
This is my next target...these are swimming freely in the the central palm beach area. Clown knife fish 
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Originally Posted By akethan:
I have heard the cichlids are good eating. Yeah, tiliapia, Oscars, mayan cichlids...they're all just basically from the same family of fish that you buy in the supermarket. I cleaned one of those tilapia the last time I went hunting, my god they have a set of guts in them. It wasn't all that great but all I had to cook it at the time was a fire, I didn't bring any oil or seasoning for fish. |
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Originally Posted By SexyPenguin:
This 
http://www.extendonondaga.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Asian-Carp-Jumping-USGS.jpg That looks like a lot of fertilizer jumping around there. Surprised there hasn't been a commercial use for them yet. |
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Originally Posted By urbanredneck:
That looks like a lot of fertilizer jumping around there. Surprised there hasn't been a commercial use for them yet. Originally Posted By urbanredneck:
Originally Posted By SexyPenguin:
This
http://www.extendonondaga.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Asian-Carp-Jumping-USGS.jpg That looks like a lot of fertilizer jumping around there. Surprised there hasn't been a commercial use for them yet. I've read that they taste good. |
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Originally Posted By JellyBelly:
I've read that they taste good. Originally Posted By JellyBelly:
Originally Posted By urbanredneck:
Originally Posted By SexyPenguin:
This
http://www.extendonondaga.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Asian-Carp-Jumping-USGS.jpg That looks like a lot of fertilizer jumping around there. Surprised there hasn't been a commercial use for them yet. I've read that they taste good. The only way they taste good, and I mean the only way is when you catch em, grind em up, fertilize your garden with said grinded up fish goo, and eat the vegetables that grow out of that highly fertilized dirt. |
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Originally Posted By rocky59:
The only way they taste good, and I mean the only way is when you catch em, grind em up, fertilize your garden with said grinded up fish goo, and eat the vegetables that grow out of that highly fertilized dirt. Originally Posted By rocky59:
Originally Posted By JellyBelly:
Originally Posted By urbanredneck:
Originally Posted By SexyPenguin:
This
http://www.extendonondaga.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Asian-Carp-Jumping-USGS.jpg That looks like a lot of fertilizer jumping around there. Surprised there hasn't been a commercial use for them yet. I've read that they taste good. The only way they taste good, and I mean the only way is when you catch em, grind em up, fertilize your garden with said grinded up fish goo, and eat the vegetables that grow out of that highly fertilized dirt. Veggies 
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Originally Posted By rocky59: The only way they taste good, and I mean the only way is when you catch em, grind em up, fertilize your garden with said grinded up fish goo, and eat the vegetables that grow out of that highly fertilized dirt. Originally Posted By rocky59: Originally Posted By JellyBelly: Originally Posted By urbanredneck: Originally Posted By SexyPenguin: This http://www.extendonondaga.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Asian-Carp-Jumping-USGS.jpg That looks like a lot of fertilizer jumping around there. Surprised there hasn't been a commercial use for them yet. I've read that they taste good. The only way they taste good, and I mean the only way is when you catch em, grind em up, fertilize your garden with said grinded up fish goo, and eat the vegetables that grow out of that highly fertilized dirt. |
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Sorry, I didn't notice this was a fish thread. But I did read recently that goldfish had taken over a lake near here. You would think they would get eaten or die quickly. I guess fish are pretty tough.
Seeing that most people somehow Kill their pet fish in the first few weeks of buying it. |
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Originally Posted By Jeffreynmandy:
Sorry, I didn't notice this was a fish thread. But I did read recently that goldfish had taken over a lake near here. You would think they would get eaten or die quickly. I guess fish are pretty tough. Seeing that most people somehow Kill their pet fish in the first few weeks of buying it. Goldfish are a kind of carp, right? They get pretty big if there's enough food and room to grow. I've seen a couple softball sized goldfish swimming pool sized man-made ponds. Freaky, bug eyed softballs... 
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Originally Posted By JellyBelly: Goldfish are a kind of carp, right? They get pretty big if there's enough food and room to grow. I've seen a couple softball sized goldfish swimming pool sized man-made ponds. Freaky, bug eyed softballs... Originally Posted By JellyBelly: Originally Posted By Jeffreynmandy: Sorry, I didn't notice this was a fish thread. But I did read recently that goldfish had taken over a lake near here. You would think they would get eaten or die quickly. I guess fish are pretty tough. Seeing that most people somehow Kill their pet fish in the first few weeks of buying it. Goldfish are a kind of carp, right? They get pretty big if there's enough food and room to grow. I've seen a couple softball sized goldfish swimming pool sized man-made ponds. Freaky, bug eyed softballs...  Here is one that my buddy shot that had lost all of it's orange. Crappy picture, but you can see it's pretty well carp colored here.  |
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Originally Posted By sasquatch76:
http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/fishinggraphics/snakeheadbowfin.jpg Top picture definitely a snake head, not a bowfin Correct. That chart has. northern snake head as opposed to a bullseye snake head like my girl caught. |
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Originally Posted By terpdx:
In the Potomac, it's snakeheads and blue catfish. I picked up some topwater frogs for snakeheads, but haven't had the chance to go after them, yet. Never got into catfish fishing - fish are too damn ugly  Wait till you hook into a big blue 
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Broward Co, Loxahatchee to be precise:
I pulled in several large oscars about six months ago fishing in a canal. We were out in the Glades and witnessed a boat docking with 3-4 very large coolers filled with a couple hundred Oscars as well. I've pulled in a lot of Peacock bass, Midas, and snakeheads. Up here we've just got problems with carp. And everyone's worried about the spread of Zebra mussels and the jumping carp getting into the Great Lakes. |
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Originally Posted By lunyou:
Only real invasive species in our waters is the Asian Carp. They are getting more and more populated. Ya, this. There are so many you can't fish the rivers or confluence of the Mississippi/MO any longer. Has gotten so bad we've basically lost our river duck hunting. Just no vegetation left in the rivers to hold them. |
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cheat grass /drooping broam ETA: The state pays 300k/ year to suppress the carp in Utah Lake. They are entertaining to bow hunt. |
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| Zebra muscles and white perch. The white perch were accidentally included with white bass when the department of wildlife and parks stocked a local reservoir. They have spread to a few other lakes since then. It's now illegal here to have live fish when leaving an ANS designated lake. They have a tournament for them on at least one reservoir with the rule that you can't throw any back. I think the biggest problem with them is they get 10"+ and put up enough fight to interest anglers so some idiots like the idea of having them in their local fishing hole. |
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Hunting Lion fish with a Glock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lG-snJZIV8 Pretty cool. |
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We recently got pigeons.
some goofy fast growing weed, locals call it indian paintbrush, cover the lawn in a month. . Cruise ships started arriving, so we get temporary human waves, they usually gone by dinnertime though. |
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Originally Posted By Surtr:
walleye and burbot The elusive walleye is one of my favorites as well. If walleye and burbot or even Pike were an invasive species near me, I don't think I'd complain too much. We have a smallmouth bass, white bass, and yellow perch problem out here but most people don't complain because they're easy to catch and are good to eat or use as bait fish. |