Wolfgang8810

There are a bunch of ponds near me. If i caught a fish in one couls i put in in one of my tanks? lol i actually went down to one of them and tested the water everyhting looks pretty much like my tank water. What does everyone think of this?

neverendingninja

Well, you're going to want to QT it because of potential disease/parasites, make sure it feeds well, because most wild caught fish have to be weaned off live food and onto frozen/flake, and if it starts to get too big, make sure you're willing to take it back.

Also, do some research and see if what you catch is a schooling fish

Wolfgang8810

it would be in a tank by itself the pond is right across the street from me so its no biggie tanking it back

Chief_waterchanger

Are these ponds on private property?
If so, make sure to get permission, and while you are getting permission ask with what they stock the pond.

If it is a public pond you REALLY should research the fish and how to care for it BEFORE you catch it.

Wolfgang8810

its a public pond that eventually meets a river

milkysquirrel

Bluegill are aggressive and bass eat everything. But I would prefer fresh
water minnows even dough there arent many near where i live

susitna-flower

My question is WHY?

Most fish in ponds, are not very spectacular in any way. Are you talking about keeping it in the same conditions it lives in? That may be hard to duplicate in a tank.

1/2 the fun for me is to have color and interest in a tank. What species are you talking about catching?

Wolfgang8810

bass, blue gill, catfish all babies. my frisnd has a stocked pond in his backyard and i would really ikle to try to raise some of them. Some of his current catfish are over 3 feet long the pond is huge more like a lake

milkysquirrel

What about perch. know anything about them

this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegill
and this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_perch oh wait its:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Perch

sirdarksol

Different people have different interests. A local fish store actually has a single walley fry and a single bass fry to sell. I personally find that patterns on natural gamefish are absolutely stunning.

To answer the original question, you should also realize that, unless you are a minor, it is almost guaranteed to be illegal for you to transport live game fish or to keep them as pets (most states have such a law). It's a law that isn't very often enforced, but if it is, it can cost you a lot of money. It was put in place to keep people from trying to stock a local river with a new kind of fish and destroying the ecosystem in the process. If you do bring the fish back, be sure to put it back in the same body of water (not all that big of a deal in this case, as you live close to it).

Wolfgang8810

i would be taking it from one of my friends man made ponds. No law affects it. Havent done anything yet but i may in the next couple of weeks ill keep everyone posted. The pond was stocked by him so they are all his fish.

sirdarksol

Excellent then. That's awesome.

Wolfgang8810

it sure is! they get fed saltiene crackers lol there are some huge catfish 3+ feet

milkysquirrel

I am pretty sure I live in a state where it's legal but I'm still not sure. But anyway
I don't live near any rivers but I do live near ponds, Ponds that have different types of fish
1. Bluegill
2. Sunny(Even though they are very very close cousins to bluegill)
3. Bass
4. Perch ( But really it would be kind of rare to find one in ponds I live RIGHT next to)
5. Pickerel


The question now is what type of fish he has,which has to do with the original question even
though a good idea would be to bring it back to the pond. Oh yeah those catfish sound pretty
awesome could u sell one on ebay

sirdarksol

Your state's fishing regulations will tell you. The books should be free at your local license center, as well as your state's DNR website.
If your state doesn't have such regulations, it will when a boater dies from a carp to the head (that's not a joke, by the way) or a popular fishing lake becomes worthless when an invasive species kills off all the gamefish.

milkysquirrel

Ohhh...

sirdarksol

Minnesota being a big fishing state, we've been through all of this. Someone thought it would be a good idea to stock a lake with carp, since they are big, put up a huge fight, and are pretty hardy. Problem was, they make a mess out of the water, eat the plants that game fry need to hide in, and one type likes to leap several feet out of the water. People have been knocked unconscious and even died when they hit these fish at 20+ mph on the lake.
Then, by a number of means, from people catching a young carp then releasing it when it outgrew their aquarium to people catching "minnows" in a net and releasing them in another body of water, the carp began traveling from body of water to body of water. Even landlocked lakes have fallen prey to carp around here.