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Dedge
06-20-2006, 12:44 PM
Bizarre story. (http://mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=2456)


I really don't like hearing about stuff like this, yet I have to admit it was an interesting read. So irresponsible and a danger to the environment.

Dan



Brown duck
06-20-2006, 02:23 PM
I'd like to see a showdown: the exotic fish vs. a hungry northern pike. Any takers?
dtg
06-20-2006, 03:40 PM
there are different species of the pirhana. I believe that only one of them is dangerous and that's in packs. And even then, they must smell blood to trigger the feeding frenzy.
ifish4eyes
06-20-2006, 10:50 PM
They have caught a few pirahna in Muskegon Lake also.:eek:
Globalgills
06-20-2006, 11:50 PM
Hhttp://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/medium/P1010058.JPGey Brown Duck; My bet goes with the exotics. I'd put this guy over a Pike any day.
ICEGUY
06-21-2006, 05:23 AM
Thats one mean lookin fish there bud!!!!!!!!!:tdo12:
Dedge
06-21-2006, 06:37 AM
Hhttp://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/medium/P1010058.JPGey Brown Duck; My bet goes with the exotics. I'd put this guy over a Pike any day.


What is that?

That this is absolutely crazy looking.

Dan
DZtaxidermy
06-21-2006, 06:48 AM
What is that?

That this is absolutely crazy looking.

Dan

It is a Payara. Cool fish!
Dedge
06-21-2006, 10:01 AM
It is a Payara. Cool fish!

Where are those native to?

Dan
DZtaxidermy
06-21-2006, 10:42 AM
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela is what I found on Google.
DZtaxidermy
06-21-2006, 10:45 AM
Looks like they get pretty big.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/release_payara.jpg

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Payara.jpg
Globalgills
06-21-2006, 08:34 PM
Dang...........just when I thought mine was a good one.................. Took him on a medium action spinning combo in Venezuela. The Missionary I was fishing with took a 35 pounder, but I wasn't going to post that picture........so I'd take this guy over a northern pike; because he's big enough and nasty enough to feed on big peacock bass, and strong enough to hunt in the fast current. Anyone agree?
neil duffey
06-22-2006, 01:36 AM
thats no paranah!!! paranahs lower mandable pertrudes past the maxila... upper jaw. paco have rounder snouts and no pertrution. and paranahs have glitteryer scales for lack of better wording. thats a paco pronounced pah-cew i had4 of em get twice that size. for real... i know cuz i thought i bought red bellies, then a uncle whos a big time hobby paranah breeder said no way, its a paco and sure as flies on poo it was.
neil duffey
06-22-2006, 01:41 AM
see
paco... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/pix/arts1/molly-pacu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/Misc_Fish/pacu.php&h=483&w=640&sz=97&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=iEq-g1XaSYkpmM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Bbelly%2B%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den %26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

red belly paranah... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/pix/arts1/molly-pacu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/Misc_Fish/pacu.php&h=483&w=640&sz=97&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=iEq-g1XaSYkpmM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Bbelly%2B%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den %26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
Dedge
06-23-2006, 06:51 AM
Those links are the same.

Dan


see
paco... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/pix/arts1/molly-pacu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/Misc_Fish/pacu.php&h=483&w=640&sz=97&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=iEq-g1XaSYkpmM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Bbelly%2B%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den %26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

red belly paranah... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/pix/arts1/molly-pacu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.petfish.net/articles/Misc_Fish/pacu.php&h=483&w=640&sz=97&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=iEq-g1XaSYkpmM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Bbelly%2B%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den %26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
TSS Caddis
06-26-2006, 10:39 AM
If memory serves me correctly, it was a Pacu caught in Muskegon Lake also. People commonly confuse them with Piranna. Pacu's unlike piranna eat plants. I had one in college and use to feed it cucumbers.
ibthetrout
06-26-2006, 08:27 PM
when I was a kid. got tired of it and sold it to a guy I met in the pet shop. It was just over 8" long and took the tip of his finger (just shy of a 1/4") off when the fool put his finger in to push it out of the net and into the transport bucket!