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So I had a nice bass on my line. The fish came up to jump and as it rolled on the surface out about 15 feet away, I could see that it was not a Largemouth Bass, but looked very colorful. Naturally the fish threw my jig and swam off. I'm pretty sure it was a Peacock Bass of about 2 - 3 pounds! There's some crazy weird fish being caught here. Pacus, Red-tail Catfish, plecostomus.. Be cool if there were Peacock Bass in the lake. Doubt if they would servive the wintertime cold water though.
I so hope you’re right. It must be eating at you that you couldn’t get a good look at it.
Peacock? Probably....
Although not surprising considering our city ponds have always been a dumping spot for inexperienced/irresponsible aquarists.
And hey, now you don't have to travel all the way to Brazil (or Florida) to catch a peacock.
I remember landing a 24 inch Silver Arowana and a small redtail catfish from Echo Park as a kid. That's as Amazonian as you can get!
Could be,I’ve seen them for sale in more than one pet store,like the red tail catfish witch is also easy to purchase,knowing they both get very large I always wonder where they will end up.
Cya Tuna Vic
I've seen alligator gar, silver arowanas, flower horn cichlids, and even giant gouramis in our park lakes. A peacock bass fishery would be amazing if it ever happensQuote:
Originally Posted by TUNAVIC
I don't know if an actual "fishery" could flourish. As someone else mentioned, I believe the water temps during the winter would pretty much eliminate any type of real fishery from developing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifishtoolittle
And alligator gar? WTF man. Who dumps their pet alligator gar at the local pond? Every other species you mention, sure? But an alligator gar?
Yep. Lincoln park. I think it was 4-5 years ago. It was caught a few times on a popper. 4 feet long and amazed the heck out of me when I saw it weaving in and out of the weeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkShadow
Flower Horn Cichlids,man can you imagine the kid who catches that? That would pretty crazy to see a large one of those on your line! I guess most of those you mentioned would be all pretty crazy to reel in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifishtoolittle
Once while fishing for bass at Legg Lake middle lake,I was walking the shore line and something that was lying near the shore got spooked and swam back into the lake,I saw it pretty well and all I can describe it has,was something like an otter like animal,or beaver like,something along those lines,first thing I did was look around for someone so I could say,did you see that!
Cya Tuna Vic
There are ponds in Hemet with beavers in themQuote:
Originally Posted by TUNAVIC
I’ve heard there were strippers in Silverwood!Quote:
Originally Posted by sodapop
Hmmm... probably an exotic fish. I have seen people throw bull frogs into the lake and resident raccoons making their rounds. Oh and the flowerhorn was at North lake. This was over a decade ago now.Quote:
Originally Posted by TUNAVIC
I dunno man, maybe you mean Bunny's Showgirls Gentleman's Lake in Hesperia.Quote:
Originally Posted by GhettoBasster
I saw a couple of small Peacock Bass in Taiwan. These are very pretty, bass-like cichlids from South America. Other comments are correct that they would almost certainly not survive the winter around here, though. I wonder how a 2 pounder got into fairmount. Cichlids like these even have die-offs in places like Taiwan or south Florida when the weather gets cold.
I have never seen any of the exotic fish mentioned in this region, but I have never been around when the aliens land, either. LOL
"Yeah dogg! I got a new fish tank bro, I want something SUPER COOL to stock in there, you know, for the 'Gram."Quote:
Originally Posted by Natural Lefty
"Well, what are you going to put in there?"
"Well, I'm a fisherman, dogg, and on Fox Sports I saw an episode of dudes catching Peacock Bass from the Amazon..."
"OK, so...those fish grow big...and your tank is 40 gallons."
"SO!? Peacock bass bro!!!" *high five* "Pass the Monster!!"
*5 months later*
"So what happened to your Peacock Bass, bro?"
"Yeah...well...you know where Fairmount Park is, right?"
*END SCENE*
No, you didn't. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkShadow
Just like I didn't get some piranha from someone I know......
I am more interested in this "White Bass" I have heard much about. NO, I am not being racial. But it was like fishing Piru, I was catching "different largemouth". Why??
That was different! Why you bringing up old $hiite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Quagga
Drive up to Lake Nacimiento. You can fill up an entire rental boat worth of those things. No White Bass around these parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Quagga
Peacock bass grow really fast up to 2-3 pounds, according to this site. I doubted that a smaller, aquarium fish could grow to 2 pounds over the course of a summer, but it looks like perhaps they can. http://www.peacockbassassociation.co...****_bass.html
Yeah, feed 'em enough feeders and they'll get big.Quote:
Originally Posted by Natural Lefty
And that's how they end up in Fairmount.
Now, piranhas....they also grow big quick.
To Silverwood! Dilly dilly!Quote:
Originally Posted by GhettoBasster
Thjat will break the boredom there for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brent
Dilly Dilly! Miami and Hawaii are the limit for peacocks- I got my only one at Lake O'Neill on Oahu, tried for them in Miami on a trip to Okeechobee and only got a plecostomus, lol. I did see a couple of strippers at Silverwood, made me not hate jet skis as much.
I have seen oscars in the water in local ponds, probably pets dumped recently- picture of a big pacu from Havasu at the bass shop in town there.