Who here collect's there own fish

[sunfishh]

Originally posted by stykthyn
nothing recent, but the water is starting to warm up, so I will be collecting soon. I will get some pics in the near future

Go for it. I can't wait to see what you find

[The Fish Finder]

Originally posted by alikatoes
Hey, I collect stuff too. Hey Justin, I want to collect with you also. Maybe I can drive my 19ft boat from Hawaii to NY.

sure alex come join me here and il come join you there. we can see the best of both worlds

[20reefer]

Hi, I have collected drums, damsels, puffers, wrasses, blennies and gobies here in Puerto Rico. I will go today to the beach and if I collect something I will post it.

Pablo

[keefsama2003]

hmmmm im thinking here.

justin i want the eel and i will cut you

[jnfallon]

???

SHould I be happy or scared?

[thorsen]

i'm going to the philippines this july and I was wondering if anyone knew about anyof the rules there on collecting fish and corals. i'd love to bring a load of stuff back with me on the plane but i'd hate to end up in a cell or with a huge fine for it.

[keefsama2003]

lol justin wrong one i was talking to fish finder he has my golden dwarf moray and i told him if i dont get it i will cut him and he seemed to disapear so im tracking him down

[Andrew]

The Fish Finder- Get on AIM sometime cause I've gotta talk to you about getting some fish this summer. Should still be on your list. a3areefer

[keefsama2003]

ill let him know as i will probably see him before he sees this

[jnfallon]

hmmm. golden dwarf moray? Nice!

[keefsama2003]

yeah

[The Fish Finder]

Originally posted by keefsama2003
hmmmm im thinking here.

justin i want the eel and i will cut you

oooooooo sooooooo scared i gotta run and hide NOT. nananananaaaaa you know where to find me punk :P JK

[alikatoes]

Hey, I collected a Golden dwarf last week. Where did you get yours?

[keefsama2003]

from you alika...

as far as i know.

i will have to kick fish finder in the back of his neck if he doesnt cooperate

[The Fish Finder]

Originally posted by keefsama2003
from you alika...

as far as i know.

i will have to kick fish finder in the back of his neck if he doesnt cooperate

bahahahahahahahaaaa you are funny kid.

[Charlie97L]

Originally posted by SerranidTerror
releasing them back into the wild could be an option for those stubborn fish that wouldn't eat and would have wasted away in my tank.

I was under the impression that it was against conservation policy to release captive fish/seahorses back into the wild. i've seen it mentioned several times on this thread. i thought it was the fear of introducing some of the captivity diseases back into the wild or something? ie. once it's been in an aquarium, it can't go back.

[bob saget]

Fish Finder do you catch your own mexican catalufas, from the gulf stream??? I want one.

[The Fish Finder]

if you mean short bigeye's then yes

[Big Ying]

I took a deep pool skimmer net through the turtle grass beds last summer here in Southwest Florida. The best thing I got was a Lantern Basslet which is thriving in my 125 gallon. I also got some filefish and pipefish, plus hermits - not sure what kind -had brown legs. Got lots of small to medium size shrimp also. Hope to get a dwarf seahorse or two if I'm lucky when I try again this summer.

When I snorkel or dive off the beach on small reefs or rocky areas I often see Lantern Basslets, Butterflyfish, Damsels, Triggers and occasionally a juvenile Tang. There are also pretty purple sea whips if you are atleast 100 yards off the beach and lots of sponges, gracilaria seaweed and some caleurpa prolifera. According to the rules in florida, you can collect most things recreationally, but hardly anything commercially without a license, which looks nearly impossible to get.

[sunfishh]

Bump
Summer has began now and I was wondering if anyone has done any collecting yet?

[stykthyn]

sgt majors and beau gregory damsels here. the blue tangs havnt shown up yet

[maroonytunes]

Does anyone mind explaining to me on how to catch a fish with a net????

[Kennyboy1984]

I wish I lived by the ocean! Any of you guys want to ship me some of your self caught fish?

[Paul B]

I went collecting today but only for amphipods, snails, crabs, shrimp and seaweed. I got so many amphipods that I can't put them all in my 100 gallon reef all at once.
Have a great Father's day.
Paul

[The Fish Finder]

two day's of collecting and ive goten a crap load of seahorses and pipefish. Baby northern puffers and bantail puffers were caught as well. I also got a few fish that are in larva stage (they were transparnet) Looked to me to be baby groupers. I say about a week or two of nice weather and the tropical's should be all over if you know where to go.