Finaly A Largemouth

[dkpate]

We have a ton of bass up here in the river, and let me tell you, IT GETS COLD! It does not freeze over all the way, but the top does. We also have catfish we can catch by the dozens, when they are babies, with a net. They are actually the whole reason I have the fish I do now lol. I put them back in the river from the tank out back cause the kid who caught them wasn't feeding them. When I fed them, I cut up a worm and put it in there and you would think there were tiny sharks in there lol. They would shake the piece back and forth, which was too funny coming from a 1 inch long baby fish!

[WhiteDevil]

Originally Posted by mfdrookie516

theyre easier to catch when the water is warmer...

Aye, however I do not mind a day on the ice, they taste better in cold water.

[Markstanfill]

I had a little channel cat in one of my tanks and let him go when he got almost eating size. Cool fish, I fed him from a fork, and he was a true serial killer. Loved him.

[gzeiger]

Please don't release captive fish, even into waters where they are native. They can be exposed to all sorts of tropical diseases in captivity which they can spread to wild populations, and if you had the bad luck to release a fish like a channel cat into a body of water that didn't already have channel cats it could do catastrophic damage to smaller prey fish.

[WhiteDevil]

Yep, infact its against federal law to release an animal that was previously in captivity. Two examples, the hog epidemic in the south and the snakehead captures in several inland US bodies of water.

The DNR look at it worse then poaching to be honest with you.

[Markstanfill]

Interesting, But yes they exist in the lake, I eat them, and the fish was by itself in the tank. I see where you are coming from though.