Plecos!!!!!!

[Tek]

Is that a gar in the far right of the pic?

[SunnyHouTX]

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/2281104/2

[SunnyHouTX]

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5366564

[Tek]

Well if they didn't eat them, they would make great garden fertlizer.

I dunno about that. When I lived in San Antonio many would get stranded on the banks of the SA river and the dead ones smelled so horrible. I would not want them anywhere near my garden.

I bet if you were in the right area they would eat a meat as a bait. They probably would eat any bait with a good smell too. I've seen my big one(17"+) snack on the feeder fish pieces leftover from the other fish.

The older plecos do eat fish. I saw a video on youtube of a pleco smacking down a piranha for a piece of fish. I think they also eat sick but still alive fish.

They are thick down near Buffalo Bayou in the Heights. Anytime I went I would see at least a dozen 2'+ sized individuals and could collect 1" juveniles by the bucketful in shallow water.

plecos are so common now in local waters that I am surprised people still buy the common pleco from stores.

I need a couple of tiny ones though. The ones I got last fall are now about 6 inches, and although they still do a great cleaning job, they are getting too big for my tanks.

[mnemenoi]

They are thick down near Buffalo Bayou in the Heights. Anytime I went I would see at least a dozen 2'+ sized individuals and could collect 1" juveniles by the bucketful in shallow water.

[jeb102385]

Cook me some up roy!!

[mnemenoi]

Edibility

Fair to good, but difficult to clean and best to cook 'in the shell,' after which the white flaky meat can be slid out. (taken from Florida fish and game site...)

[jeb102385]

Right?!

[aquabee]

Lol yeah right! They'd piggyback a ride on some of those larger koi!!

[jeb102385]

Tim could use some of those for his pond

[BrAin]

I bet if you were in the right area they would eat a meat as a bait. They probably would eat any bait with a good smell too. I've seen my big one(17"+) snack on the feeder fish pieces leftover from the other fish.

[Fancyfish]

Bow hunting or fishing would take skill, harder than just droping in a line and hook. :P Though I would guess any plec's you caught with a hook would be more a snag, I wouldn't think they would go after meat bait. But ./shrug don't know much about plecs that size. What type do you think they were?

[fishman1]

And it is kinda expensive decent bow alone goes for 300

[SunnyHouTX]

Well if they didn't eat them, they would make great garden fertlizer. And they caught them with Bow and Arrow?! Is that like even legal?

Don't knock it. Bow fishing takes some skillz

[sunkenmetal]

Well if they didn't eat them, they would make great garden fertlizer. And they caught them with Bow and Arrow?! Is that like even legal?

yes

red necks