Drop Off Pond, San Marcos Tx

"But not everyone has been surrendering their fish to the center. Weeks says there are thousands of non-native fish living in the San Marcos River and hurting the natural habitat."
Pond for unwanted pet fish built to protect San Marcos River

"Local fishermen have been enlisted to help capture and remove non-native fish from the river in an effort to encourage reproduction of native species."
Pond keeps unwanted pet fish out of San Marcos River

"Conservationists in San Marcos are asking locals to stop dumping their pet fish in the San Marcos River and instead surrender them to the San Marcos Discovery Center's fish pond."


"Across the past 9 tournaments, 2,792 suckermouth catfish and 106 tilapia have been removed adding up to over 1,640 lbs invasive biomass!"
"Throughout the tournament, invasive fish speared by participants directly out of the San Marcos River, will be fried and served with toppings and fixin's for FREE FISH TACOS! Tilapia removed throughout this winter from Spring Lake will also be fried up!"
Invasive Fish Fry and Awards Ceremony Spring 2019

 

Visited the San Marcos Meadows Center (Formerly Aquarena) last year.

The Head of the San Marcos river, Aquarena Springs.









Glass bottom boat rides



That's about 15 ft deep, crystal clear.



Rio Grande cichlids, aka Texas cichlids

 

So what I get out of this is we need to start throwing all our pet fish into local rivers because there are too many local fish

 

Wow, brings back memories!

I hadn't been there for a long time.

Going to have to make a family trip up there this summer, so I can see some wild Texas cichlids, I mean so my family will have fun. Ha

I can only imagine the 1,000's of plecos that they didnt catch......

 

Very cool .
Texas University studies swordtails also to learn about melanoma [cancer] in humans in San Marcos also .
Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center

 

Any flour horns down there?