Cool Catches while fishing

[Nickintex]

the turtle in the pics was caught ina weird way i thought it was a fish cause it was putting up a good fight it was hooked in the corner of its shell , the lil guy was 6 inches in diameter, and nearly took my finger off when i tried to pick it up, does anyone kno wat kind of turtle it is?

A spiny soft shelled turtle. These guys have razor sharp beaks and sacrificed armor in favor of speed. The have REALLY long necks, making handling by hand VERY difficult. There are many in the bayou behind my apartment complex. In fact, I see more soft shells there than red-eared sliders.

[Darbex]

Nick likes it when they bite back.

[DiscusKid]

Well i went fishing again, didnt catch anything interesting but i got some plants
(Sorry about horrible pics i used my phone camera.)

Hydrocotyle Verticillata

Hydrocotyle Verticillata in my tank

Does anyone know what these are?
Found these and i threw em in my tank lets see what happens

Same plant but with flower

In my tank

[Matt in Houston]

I think mhx has some chain sword for you...he was treating it for algae growth...the star grass didnt fair as well to the dose of excel...and it tended to collect a lot of detrius so you're probably better off without it. I pulled it out of my tank months ago for the same reason.

[Mzungu]

That second plant LOOKS like Bacopa...but I could be wrong. Was it growing in the water at all?

[mdwalt]

You're right, Mzungu. The second one is Bacopa monnieri.
I've found this in the shallow drainage channels around the county. It can be grown submerged in an aquarium, but is emergent.

[Mzungu]

Yup, I have it in one of my tanks. Thanks for the confirmation, mdwalt! :)

[Navarro]

You got MB It is a Bacopa monnieri

[DiscusKid]

thanks guys i appreciate it. does anyone know if hargrass grows around here too?

[Doug A]

In the first post in this series, Discuskid said he caught about 30 mollies, but only one was male. I went to the stream buy my subdivsion wear there mollies and only saw a few male, one day and just one today.
I think this could be because of the time year. Males are easer for birds to eat. You may be able to cath a better sex racio in the spring.

[madehtsobi]

cool looking tilapia! shouda steamed him up!!

[Sea-agg09]

Just for fish nerds out there, I looked up all the original fish:
The Texas Cichlid can also be found as a Rio Grande Cichlid: Cichlisoma cyanoguttatum
The Tilapia (Oreochromis aurea) is actually an invasive, and in the same family as the cichlids (Cichlidae)
The Shiner is also called a Red shiner, which was properly IDed before. They are sold as Red Horse minnows at Fish Gallery... and make great bait fish.
I would say the sunfish is a Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), because of the black spot on the dorsal rays near the caudal fin. There are a ton of sunfish in these waters, all of which are quite common, so getting a specific ID is somewhat mute.