[djrichie]

anyone interested in going netting this weekend I have off Saturday

 

[JBarlak]

what time saturday?

 

[djrichie]

still see who wants to go.... I talked to rodolfo he has to cal me back

 

[djrichie]

OK... come one come all we are going to meet at Dade Corners this 8th street and miskuskee casino at 9:00am.... bring you buckets and netts and prepare to get wet

 

[goldenmacman]

what exactly is netting?

 

[djrichie]

Going out an catching wild tropical fish in pond canals ditch's were ever you find a body of water...naturally not a puddle because of recent rain.

 

[MediaHound]

Cant make it Richie but have fun and take some pics of people falling in.

 

[Kogo]

I cant make it either, though I would love to go. I'll be setting up my classroom all weekend for the start of the school year.

if anyone catches large midas or even a nice oscar or jag I can use a few for the 180g I'm putting in the classroom.

have fun

 

[Kogo]

so... how'd it go?

 

[djrichie]

caught a school of fish that we have no ideal what it is...... took them to Lewis and he didn't know or seen them before.......also caught three fish that kind of look and act like Hummingbird Characidium but the marking are differrent... still looking for matchs. If you know a fish data base to research more please share. I haven't been able to find them in any of mine. We also went to a few fish stores and a farm or two. Rodolfo was a great tour guide and had alot of fun with him.... that alone made it a success. Good people having a good time. Wish you all could have made it.

 

[Mustang Boy]

were you guys using hand held nets or cast nets

 

[djrichie]

hand held nets is what we caught them in... but we did have a casting net.... I forgot how to thuow it so I will need to practice more..... I will be getting a saining net soon...

 

[Kogo]

sounds like I missed a good time. if you can, post a couple pics of the fish.

 

[Mustang Boy]

a seining net would definitely make things easier catching fish


and what kinds of fish can you guys expect to catch up there

 

[djrichie]

Seining net will work if no gators are near.... and we can catch all types of tropicals down here in S. Florida

 

[Mustang Boy]

yea gators would be bad with the seining net that wouldnt end to well

 

[djrichie]

This one Kogo you should know......

unkown

will try to get a better picture, they hide very will only about 1/2" and have rounded fins

 

[Mustang Boy]

wow those are some nice fish i didnt know we could find fish like that in our waters here in Florida i may have to join you guys out there at one of these netting trips one of these days

 

[aconrad]

Yeah we have a lot of fish from people that release their pets. Its a real problem with some fish and we try to keep them out of our waters.

 

[djrichie]

There's alot more fish release from fish farms, than there was from hobbist. Not saying the hobbist didn't in the past do that...but not forget all the storms we had down here and all the flodding that released massive amounts of fish in the local eco. system.

Sorry, I hate the fact the hobbist get all the blame for this problem.