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Hey i was readin on another forum and this guy in florida live traps fish. he said he has gotten alot of plecos outta local waterways. I know the box has had a discussion about it before but i was wondering, has or is anybody trappin and if so where and what you caught? that guy i was readin his post on the other forum, he caught abuncha babys and evan some really realy big plecos.
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I have seen monster plecos wrestled out of the bayous, texas cichlids, flagfish, green mollies, gambusia, oscars, koi, even seen a pair of oscars in New Orleans bayou but that has been at least 10+ yrs ago.700g Mini-Monster tank -
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Would the plecos in our local waterways only be ones that were released by people who didn't want them or couldn't keep them anymore? Wouldn't that be an introduced species and not a true wild species? Just wondering...I have no clue if we have any native wild plecos or not... In Manvel (near Alvin and Pearland) I saw a lot of giant applesnails that took over a local bayou. I was just wondering if this is the same kind of deal with the plecos because these snails were released by a pet owner.
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There are giant plecos in that park on allen parkway. I have stroll there a couple of times and seen some huge ones. They try to get a quick get away when they feel the vibration when u walking near by. I mean these are huge. At least 12 inches also saw some kinda fish that resemble a gar.180 gallon RR wild discus, harlequins, congos, rainbow, pleco, cardinals, rummynose, rcs, and amanos. Â 2260 eheim pressurize co2 4x54 tek lights
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There are gars in buffalo bayou.....my gramps use to fish them all the time.700g Mini-Monster tankComment
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no kidding there are ek.....there are alot of plecos in the lake over off 1960 and windham...cichlidfan saw them first and pointed them out to me on one of our many fishing expeditions around town but they are huge to say the least...Comment
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Yup. Actually, guppymax and I went on a pleco safari about a year ago near downtown, saw a HUGE one! And I have 2 in one of my native tanks that I caught as babies in Florida, near Tampa. I have some photos in the gallery, but I think that's still disabled.
Let me look around, there are a few posts on here that document what we've caught. :)"Millennium hand and shrimp!"Comment
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Here are some that I found. I'm biased, of course, because I just looked for threads on things that I participated in...but it's a start!
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yeah. i remember people talkin about them. oh and when i say wild i didnt mean true wild to texas. i meant wild like not in an aquarium anymore. Thanks on the posts. I wanna try to set me a trap somewhere and catch me a big one for a pond im workin on.Comment
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There is a small pond near 1960 and 290, off of Wortham road, where I have personally seen 12 to 15 inch plecos. I am not sure why they where "huggin" the retension wall that surrounds the pond, but I did see maybe 50 or more of these huge pleco's last fall. Without major preditors, there should be even more this fall.
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Buffalo Bayou, Braes Bayou, White Oak Bayou, and Hall Bayou have plecos and other non native fish living in them.
Buffalo Bayou runs near my place. (59& I-10) interchange. I'm going to go down one day and look around.Comment
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hey cichlidfan, that pond you talkin about, is it private public or what? im just down the road from thereComment
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CF....could you imagine you and the Fishlady out on the lake in the Ranger and pull in a few monster Oscars....LOLComment
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that would be kinda funny. lolComment
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The pond is actually part of the wortham housing district, making it public property. It is a fairly decent place to have a picnic or do some casual fishing, but there are not too many game fish in it. We have caught bass and I have seen some blue gill's, but that's about it.
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