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But caught on a crappie pole with a minnow. ;) Was fishing off the dock here in Astor yesterday and hooked into this creepy looking pleco catfish. I knew we had them around here but this is the first I've personally seen!
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Can I say UGLEE! :>{
What is that, never seen or heard of one before.
Looks like a dinosaur fish!
He got nice armor
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Summ sucker/carp family YUKK
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Please tell me he got a one way trip somewhere. Heard of them but this is the first I’ve seen.
I've had em in my aquarium.
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That's where 99% of FL problems were initiated!!!!!!!
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Where are those native too? Looks like something from the Amazon River....65 million years ago
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Fry him up and let us know if it’s any good.
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Isnt one of those armor catfish? I hear they good eating. Just ugly...lol
people release them from home tanks.. You tube it...They supposed to be good eating..
Looks like a Sea Robin kinda
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Like the leather glove touch ....lol.... actually some might be surprised the river is full of them, usually caught by accident, but they are extremely sensitive to colder water, have seen hundreds floating dead in winter's past, but been a while.....a throw back (dinosaur) like bowfin for sure......
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Looks like it was livin' the good life, like that Mermaid tail! Good crab bait GD.
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Nuisance, I would not have released him back to the river !!
Way back a few years ago when we had about a two week freeze down here = I drove my boat across lake Poinsette and it looked like God had
sprinkled pepper all over the lake = What it was were those fish's noses sticking out of the water where they had died and just their noses were
sticking up = thousands of em. And the talapia were dying too, Chuck took me to a place where they were holding cause the water temp was
higher due to a spring runoff and me and him loaded up on talapia by casting treble hooks out and snaggin em .....
Over this way the Indian (Hindu) folks get out there on the lake and throw cast nets to catch those fish = they say they are a delicacy, they
cover them in curry powder and cook em skin on then when done peel the skin off etc, etc, etc ......
The problem with them is they burrow holes in the bank for nests and eventually cause the banks to fall in ...
They "ARE" an invasive species and should be "KILLED" every time ya catch one ! ! ! !
Don't stick yer finger in their anuses either ! ! !
I promise.
Hey Danny- There are other ways of checking their temperature than that!!:Rofl
Doug
Thank's for the warning Danny. I promise I won't sticky my finger there..........Quote:
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This is just what the Dr. ordered a little Danny humor.
Looks to me like an Armored catfish, but ive actually only seen a couple of them.
Ive been told that they are very good eating by a hispanic guy who targets them and Tilapia on the upper reaches of the St. Johns.
There are several of those guys who cast net them on the river and lakes south of RT 192, and thats where i was shown a few of them which were smaller than the one pictured here.
Stands to reason that other areas along the river to the north could have some migration.
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Yep, they can only take water temp at such-and-such degrees before they'll kick over and die (like tilapia also), that's why they are found
from around central Fl and southward = but, as climate warms they of course will be found further northward etc, etc, etc .....
Here is an example of their nest holes .....
Never knew what those holes were. Dont see many down this way because we dont have many high banks like that for the most part.
I assumed they were made by river Otters which i see on occaision.
Well ..... I was told by someone = just another fisherman that hangs out down at the Hwy#50 ramp = so, I "assumed" he knewQuote:
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what he was talking about = sounded pretty self assured. And don't see many otters around there = too busy for em etc .....
You need to be in the quiet areas before you see them. Lots of quiet areas down this way, but also lots of airboats to take people to them.Quote:
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Living where you do, you no doubt have a boat that could take you to some of them. But weekdays are the best time for it.
Once in a great while (maybe once a year .... if that) I'll run across an otter or two .......
However ...I haven't even been out in a couple years lately, maybe a couple trips
a year to test the waters = don't catch much = done ...........
For you guys Shrimping = it's on like hotcakes over here ! ! ! ! ! !
(and I ain't even doing none of that) ....
Well i remember your situation with the passing of your wife.Quote:
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I can relate to that as i lost mine 11 years ago when she fell from a 2 step kitchen stool and fractured her scull on the hard tile floor.
I had to sell the house as i couldnt walk over that spot anymore.
We were living in the Keys and i was working my dream job of half day charters with my boat on an a part time basis for Hawks Cay resort.
So i had to give that up when i moved. I have since been pretty much forced to give up on the salt, which i really prefer, due to my present condition. I will be 85 in a couple more weeks.
But i really enjoy being in the remote areas alone, with only my imaginary friends for company. I always win the arguments that way. Lol
Use google earth to follow the river south from 192. Ive only been as far as Hell n Blazes, and there is considerable skinny water to get that far. Best to keep a push pole on the boat unless you really know the area.
Also google the area north from Stick marsh on the east side of the river.
You can drive back in there on good sand roads from the Stick Marsh parking area on Mondays and Thursdays.
But you cant go all the way to Palm Bay because they have it signed off. But you can go to the right at that point for quite a ways further and find a crude ramp. At the very end of Malabar Rd in Palm Bay, past the high school about a mile, there is a very nice launch area. You would need to create your own map from Google because there arent any others. And you cant get all the way to the south end toward Stick marsh, even with an airboat. Some day take a ride down that way as far as Stick Marsh and check it out. As you drive the 6 miles or so back the sand road to Stick marsh, on the left about 5 miles in you will see them working on the ramp area for the new 10.000 acre lake which is now 10 years old, and scheduled for early summer use.
You can see that on Google also.
Remember, Monday or Thursday for the dirt road tour, and take lunch along with you.
Thanks for the confirmation Danny.....Back on the mid-night shift @ space center & have seen the Max Brewer launch parking lot full traveling in, especially a couple weeks ago w/full moon..kinda thought that may be going on....gotta stop by 1 morning & chew the fat w/ya...6ft rule , promise...Quote:
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So sorry to here the story of your wife falling and the resulting consequences = that is a terribly sad story......
I seriously doubt I'll be going back down that way (Stick Marsh).
I am still on the verge of thinking of selling my boat = just lost interest of late = thought I'd bounce back
but not yet etc, etc .....
Video of the catch...
https://youtu.be/T3knEpV8WhA
Theres a video on Youtube of them being caught by hand in very shallow water on the upper part of the Peace river.
Strange. Ya going to get it mounted?