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DrBDC
12/21/2006, 09:39 PM
Look at the size of the fish in here!

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JxMetal
12/21/2006, 09:43 PM
is that bad?
stlouisguy
12/21/2006, 09:43 PM
Thats a Pacu, I had one of them in the 175 upstairs before I went reef

Started out the size of a quarter LOL When I finally got rid of him only 3/4 of his body would fit in a 5 gallon bucket!!!!
DrBDC
12/21/2006, 09:45 PM
That has to need a pretty good poo filter!
Letmegrow
12/21/2006, 09:45 PM
I had one and my Softshelled turtle bit his stomach open and the pacus guts were hanging out for 3 days so I had to kill it with dry ice.

It was so big I had to bury it in the back yard.
stlouisguy
12/21/2006, 10:04 PM
His Name was Brutus

I miss him, he was so cool
Letmegrow
12/21/2006, 10:27 PM
Mine was named hotdog, because thats what I fed him.
He also ate bulk carnivore pellets for fattening up trout and game fish.
stlouisguy
12/21/2006, 10:34 PM
Sometime if you are at Andys ask him about the guy who was fishing down in the meramac. Old black guy on a cane pole brought up a Pacu that was about 15 lbs or more. Guy had no idea what it was this was late summer early fall. Figured the fish had been in the river all summer maybe 6 months. They grow fast. Guy just wanted to know if he could eat it LOL
pdwife
12/22/2006, 07:26 AM
That is pretty funny! I caught a pretty big oscar in Florida a few years back. The couple we were fishing with said it was a real problem with the native fish. It happened when a fish hatchery got flooded.