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I drive by this canal everyday, but after living where I do for almost a year, I decided to fish it for the first time. Wasn't sure what the expect, but ended up catching some fish that I don't normally catch in the bodies of water I usually fish at. Great way to spend a weekend evening.
https://youtu.be/EkOoj-r-Jb4
Cool video... I noticed you stay back from the water a bit... I am guessing some gators are present... or you probably always have to treat the water as if it does in south Florida
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing
Great video. Thanks for taking us along on your adventure to the canal. Congrats on catching some nice looking fish.
Neat video, are the cichlids (spelling) edible? They are cool looking!
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Yup they're edible. Basically just like any other panfish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redge
https://youtu.be/oRCv1Naihp4
I've lived here for about 3 years now and in all that time I've only seen one gator. It was a dead one of the side of the road. However everyone always tells me that they're all over the place. I try to keep my guard up as well as I can cause I know that eventually I'll see one and that's one time that you don't want to be surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by VaCrappieMan
i fished a bar ditch in Florida way back when near the indian river and it was flat full of sunfish .
fun stuff for sure , congrats
That far north the exotics tend to not make it due to the winters so sunfish have lots of room to thrive. Down south everything is overrun with the exotic invasives which just out perform the sunfish in just about every category.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
Nice video. Do anglers in South Florida harvest cichlids like other panfish or do anglers typically throw them back? I think I heard in Texas anglers aren’t allowed to throw exotic species back in the water. I may be wrong on that though.
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The Cichlids look to be scrappy little fighters.
Both. They're basically the exact same type of eating as sunfish. They just get a little bigger. Florida has so many exotics in their waters it's ridiculous and way too late to do anything about them. They actually have many species like the Mayan and jaguar cichlid listed as "nonnative" instead of "invasive". It's my understanding that anything listed as "invasive" can't be thrown back, but the "nonnatives" are allowed to be thrown back.Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
It's my honest opinion that nothing I have ever caught fights better than a Mayan cichlid. Can't tell you how many times I thought I had a 3-4 pound largemouth or peacock on, only to find out it's a 1 pound Mayan.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack