To kill invasive species or not? (Page 5): I agree with you . Eat it or let it go. I caught 4 Peacock Bass yesterday . All will live another day.

Jimmy D

I agree with you . Eat it or let it go. I caught 4 Peacock Bass yesterday . All will live another day.

Garry Loc: Wellborn, Florida

Fish4fun, Man this one took off and went in lots of little side trips

fishrmans Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl

Hotrod wrote:

I posted this before, but I think on wrong post so here it is again.
About 5 years ago I did some research on this fish and found out that the state of Florida imported them from South America. The reason being that they fight like a bass and are good eating. Some of them are very colorful and are also called a Peacock Bass. I have caught a few and they taste good. Do not kill it, through it back or eat it.

The Mayan cichlids and the peacock bass are two completely different fish. I live in south Florida and have caught both. Yes they are both different members of the cichlid family.

JimRed Loc: Coastal New Jersey, Belmar area

Like Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass, cousins but not brothers.

Dadeaux Loc: Florida Panhandle

There is a reason why certain species are labeled as invasive...it mean they do damage!!!

joat Loc: Southeast MO

Some people love carp. I've had carp patties (make like salmon patties). Delicious. Buffalo ribs are delicious. A very white meat. You just need to know how to cut the ribs out. It's shown on Youtube.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

joat wrote:

Some people love carp. I've had carp patties (make like salmon patties). Delicious. Buffalo ribs are delicious. A very white meat. You just need to know how to cut the ribs out. It's shown on Youtube.

I would eat buffalo ribs. (mammals not fish)

Odino Loc: Rye NH

They are good to eat. Once an invasive species becomes established in large ecosystems they will prevail. Taking a single individual out will not really accomplish anything towards getting rid of them. Even when a very effective natural predator is found they won’t destroy the invasive species and they often become a worse problem.

Dadeaux Loc: Florida Panhandle

Odino wrote:

They are good to eat. Once an invasive species becomes established in large ecosystems they will prevail. Taking a single individual out will not really accomplish anything towards getting rid of them. Even when a very effective natural predator is found they won’t destroy the invasive species and they often become a worse problem.

Concur but every little bit helps...you do not want to return an invasive species back to the environment...like letting a criminal out because of looks or whatever...

stuco Loc: Northern Utah - Salt Lake City

Last week on a local network’s outdoors show, the host was out with the state DWR. They were poisoning carp in waterfowl habitat. They said the carp stir up the water making it impossible for the native grass to grow. They were dripping rotenone in the water. Within a few hours hundreds of carp were going belly up. I agree that killing one invasive fish doesn’t seem to do much, however I also saw a show where they were fishing for burnout at Flaming Gorge. Someone or somehow they got started there. It’s illegal to not kill them. They said then that one 24 inch female could have as many as 2 million eggs. So if a person were to catch five of them, they could eliminate the potential for ten million eggs being laid. I think we might ought to think big picture, and care more about the entire ecosystem of where we fish than hurting or even wasting one fish.

stuco Loc: Northern Utah - Salt Lake City

stuco wrote:

Last week on a local network’s outdoors show, the ... (show quote)

Burbot... stupid spellcheck, bad proofreading.

Dadeaux Loc: Florida Panhandle

Carp need to be eradicated...but there are a lot of ways of doing it. Down here they started having all sorts of competitions for lionfish. It seems to be working. Lionfish are pretty good eating. While stationed over in Asia I never heard of anyone eating lionfish don't get it they eat everything else. Carp are good eating they have nice white meat & not fishy smelling or tasting...So why not have fun while trying to eradicate a damage causing pest. If anything else they would make grreat cat food...fish sandwiches for fast food restaurants...etc...

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

When I was a pup my grandfather took me with him to a lake about 15 miles west of here. It was lake lawtonka owned by the city of lawton, ok. It covers 2 square miles. The city was spreading rotenone in an effort to rid the lake of carp. The shoreline was littered with what seemed like thousands of not only dead carp but bass, crappie, bluegill & minnows. The rotenone killed about everything except catfish. My grandfather & his brother who was with us were really upset at the waste. I'll never forget the dead fish just piled up on the shoreline.

My80.blucar

I caught a monster ( probably 7-8 lbs ) Paku the other day. I never saw one before and didn’t know what it was until I looked it up later that day

Ronniejw Loc: West Point MS

That's not a good sign, they're cousins to piranhas. Someone released them into the area