Thread: Fish ID

A friend of mine caught it about 2miles N of the causeway. It ate a live shrimp, lost 2 more at the boat. Interesting.....

notice the redfish also in the pic

Should report it to Marine Resources. Someone has probably released aquarium fish into the delta/bay. They may out compete natural predatory fish. Resources could research to see if a stable population is set up and from the sounds of it, they already have

That is interesting, especially Pacu cannot tolerate cold temps and adult Pacu are vegetarians.

It's not unheard of for a fish that cannot survive cold temperatures to be found in areas that have cold winters(although it is VERY rare).I cannot remember where but there was a state where it was found that piranha was surviving cold winters.this was caused by some warm water being fed into a larger body of water creating a al.ost year round temperature high enough for them to survive.is there any kind of plant or mill that runs untainted water out into the area you were fishing maybe?

Originally Posted by PurpleNGold

Someone ID this one plz

+1 on Pier#r, where in the Heck was that caught??? I hope no where close to GS lol.

EDIT: Oops, didn't read the rest of the post . Ignore me haha. But that is really strange that was caught close!! Kinda freaky.

Pacu- Mounted 2 of them several years ago for a guy that swore they were piranha. Went thru the same questions and funny looks also. They were caught in Lake Guntersville. Biologist actually told me what they were. I woulda said piranha too!!!

Originally Posted by BlkNTan3

Pacu- Mounted 2 of them several years ago for a guy that swore they were piranha. Went thru the same questions and funny looks also. They were caught in Lake Guntersville. Biologist actually told me what they were. I woulda said piranha too!!!

Well, they are a type of piranha. Just vegetarian piranhas. Ha.

several of those are caught every year in the tva lakes around here.

I lived for 6 years in a part of Argentina where piranha and pacu are common. The names are originally from the indigenous language, guarani or tupi. The names for the fish have been brought into the English language. Pira is the word for fish. We lived close to a town called Pira-ne, which means, "smells like fish"

Pacu and piranha are both great eating fish. The pacus get massive. Guys would set out trot lines with pieces of grapefruit on them since they are vegetarians.

Piranhas in the Paraguay and Bermejo rives close to where we lived were everywhere and are dangerous if you are in the water. In public swimming areas they would put out nets as barriers for the piranhas. We would fish for them with a piece of raw beef. The piranhas hang out higher in the water column. When we fished for other fish with live bait we would have to put huge weights on the carolina rig to get the bait to the bottom before the piranhas would shred it.

Big question now. If Pacu are vegetarians why was this one caught on shrimp?