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    pacu

    I started some pacu too see if I can get them to plate size before the water gets cold again. The things came out of the bag eating and have not stopped. I知 told the taste is comparable too trout. We値l see.
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    Re: pacu

    Not done them, but have read they are:
    Hard to breed
    Bony.
    Tough for high densities
    Idiots will confuse them with piranha and villagers with torches will descend upon you.
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    Re: pacu

    Quote Originally Posted by badflash
    Idiots will confuse them with piranha and villagers with torches will descend upon you.
    Villagers with torches AND pitchforks ! They just aren't the same without the pitchforks....maybe an old musket or two, also.....
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    Re: pacu

    Certainly are fast growers.

    Be sure to do a full report on the eating, please

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    Re: pacu

    I came across a crazy lookin fish in a nearby creek. It was not a pacu but I found this site that I thought was interesting.
    pacu:
    http://fishesofgeorgia.uga.edu/index.ph ... y=piarspec

    georgia freshwater fish list :

    http://fishesofgeorgia.uga.edu/index.ph ... class=fish

    Still looking for that fish tho.. I have never seen one like it, and I am pretty good ai identifying local wildlife.

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    Re: pacu

    Snakeheads are showing up all over.
    http://www.sprol.com/2009/07/snakehead-fish-invasion/
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    Re: pacu

    If you have a picture of it, I am sure that I can tell you what it is.... My degree and specialty is fish taxonomy....

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    Re: pacu

    There are a few pacu in the canal at the end of my street. This one bottomed out a 30 pound scale.
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