Fishing on Campus (Photos)

[Modest_Man]

Went out with my trusty K-mart pole and some 2lb test to see what I could catch. Ended up with 15 fish in an hour. 1 large male convict, 2 male jags (6-8"), 3 female jags (6"), and 9 red devils (all less than or equal to 6"). Bait of choice...bread. I used a bobber with 2' of leader and a small weight 6" from my size 15 hook. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Didn't have my camera on me, but here is the one guy I kept. I was really trying for some 5 star generals, guess they don't like bread. :angry: I'm assuming all the red devils are mixed, but they all had some nice large lips, which I expertly missed in my photos.






Best I can do right now....


Went out again...brought the camera.


The Pond

Generic red devil, musta caught 15 or so today.

5 star general. I caught 4-5 and kept the smallest, most colorful one (Not the one pictured).

Nice male convict, caught 4 males and one female.

Bucket O' Cichlid. Can you count them all? This was after 20 minutes or so...

A very stressed jag in the corner...

This lil' fella is already swimming around and showing good color.

Ended up letting them all go but a small jag and 5 star. The jag has a screwed up mouth, I can't tell if it's from the hook or natural.

[rickson]

great pic

[Paulo José Alves]

Hi


Interesting. "Isn´t the "five star general" a H. fasciatus? By the way, where is this, Florida?

[Bas Pels]

By the way, where is this, Florida?

Was wondering the same. Beautiful citrinellum/labiatus (citriatus??) though

[MacFish]

Hi


Interesting. "Isn´t the "five star general" a H. fasciatus? By the way, where is this, Florida?

Kinda looks like a female H. Elongatus. I couldn't find a good picture of H. fasciatus though. He is in Hawaii.

http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/imag ... s.pair.jpg

[Don Hiatt]

You have it made. lol.

[Dan Woodland]

Huh? Didn't realize there were cichlids loose in Hawaii! What else is there? Dan

[Don Hiatt]

Yes, there are many cichlids loose in Hawaii. There were introductions of Tilapia and Cichla for fishing. I also know of introductions of Jaguar Cichlids too. From what I have read, many of the introduced species didn't take to the environments and they were unable to establish themselves. I do belive there is a Cichla fishery to this day.

On a side note: Jacksons Chameleons are taking over in Hawaii. Many of these animals end up in the pet trade.

[Lisachromis]

http://www.hawaii.edu/environment/H1IntroFish.html (a few only on here)



List of Freshwater Fishes for Hawaii (USA)

Scientific Name Common Name Status
Amphilophus citrinellus Midas cichlid introduced
Amphilophus labiatus Red devil introduced
Aplocheilus lineatus Striped panchax introduced
Archocentrus nigrofasciatus Convict cichlid introduced
Archocentrus spilurus Blue-eye cichlid introduced
Astronotus ocellatus Oscar introduced
Carassius auratus auratus Goldfish introduced
Channa striata Snakehead introduced
Cichla ocellaris Peacock cichlid introduced
Clarias fuscus Whitespotted clarias introduced
Colossoma macropomum Tambaqui introduced
Corydoras aeneus Bronze corydoras introduced
Cyprinus carpio carpio Common carp introduced
Dorosoma petenense Threadfin shad introduced
Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus Mummichog introduced
Gambusia affinis Mosquitofish introduced
Hemichromis bimaculatus Jewelfish introduced
Hemichromis elongatus Banded jewel cichlid introduced
Hemichromis fasciatus Banded jewelfish introduced
Ictalurus punctatus Channel catfish introduced
Kuhlia sandvicensis Hawaiian flagtail endemic
Lentipes concolor O'opu hi'u kole endemic
Lepomis cyanellus Green sunfish introduced
Lepomis macrochirus Bluegill sunfish introduced
Leporinus fasciatus Banded leporinus introduced
Limia vittata Cuban limia introduced
Liposarcus multiradiatus Sailfin catfish introduced
Melanochromis johannii Bluegray mbuna introduced
Micropterus dolomieui Smallmouth bass introduced
Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass introduced
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Oriental weatherfish introduced
Monopterus albus Swamp eel introduced
Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout introduced
Oreochromis macrochir macrochir Longfin tilapia introduced
Oreochromis mossambicus Mozambique tilapia introduced
Oryzias latipes Japanese rice fish introduced
Parachromis managuensis Guapote tigre introduced
Pelvicachromis pulcher Krib introduced
Poecilia latipinna Sailfin molly introduced
Poecilia mexicana Shortfin molly introduced
Poecilia reticulata Guppy introduced
Poecilia sphenops Molly introduced
Puntius filamentosus Blackspot barb introduced
Puntius semifasciolatus Chinese barb introduced
Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Blackchin tilapia introduced
Gobiidae Stenogobius hawaiiensis O'opu naniha endemic
Thorichthys meeki Firemouth cichlid introduced
Tilapia rendalli Redbreast tilapia introduced
Tilapia zillii Redbelly tilapia introduced
Xenentodon cancila Freshwater garfish introduced
Xiphophorus helleri Green swordtail introduced
Xiphophorus maculatus Southern platyfish introduced
Xiphophorus variatus Variable platyfish introduced

[Don Hiatt]

Wow Lisachromis,
That is impressive and depressing at the same time.

[Modest_Man]

Heh. Yeah, I'm located in Hawii. If you want to see some impressive photos check this link out http://www.hawaiibassfishing.com/defaul ... 9726&id=24

Yes, there are many cichlids loose in Hawaii. There were introductions of Tilapia and Cichla for fishing. I also know of introductions of Jaguar Cichlids too. From what I have read, many of the introduced species didn't take to the environments and they were unable to establish themselves. I do belive there is a Cichla fishery to this day.

On a side note: Jacksons Chameleons are taking over in Hawaii. Many of these animals end up in the pet trade.

Tilapia are definately the main fish. There are millions of them in all the streams, canals, and even in pure salt water at the marina. Plecos are everywhere too, in the streams at least. By "Cichla fishery" I think you're referring to the Wilson Resivoir. The link above has info all about it.

These are the guys I've either seen personally in the wild or caught with a net/pole.

Amphilophus citrinellus Midas cichlid introduced
Amphilophus labiatus Red devil introduced
Archocentrus nigrofasciatus Convict cichlid introduced
Astronotus ocellatus Oscar introduced
Carassius auratus auratus Goldfish introduced
Cyprinus carpio carpio Common carp introduced
Gambusia affinis Mosquitofish introduced
Hemichromis elongatus Banded jewel cichlid introduced
Hemichromis fasciatus Banded jewelfish introduced
Liposarcus multiradiatus Sailfin catfish introduced
Melanochromis johannii Bluegray mbuna introduced
Oreochromis mossambicus Mozambique tilapia introduced
Parachromis managuensis Guapote tigre introduced
Poecilia reticulata Guppy introduced
Poecilia sphenops Molly introduced
Tilapia rendalli Redbreast tilapia introduced
Xiphophorus maculatus Southern platyfish introduced

[seveland]

wooahh! check out the size of this "red devil"

[Modest_Man]

I like this guy personally. They "identified" it as a Convict.

Anyone wanna try to explain differences identifying hemichromis elongatus, hemichromis fasciatus, hemichromis frempongi? Or at least tell me what ones I caught? I thought they were elongatus.

[Paulo José Alves]

Hi

We should remember that Haway has very few freshwater fish species ( 5?) leaving lots of ecological niches vacant. So the ecological balance is not that disturbed, all these fish species came to create a new biological structure and not exactly to destroy what didn´t exist.

[Modest_Man]

I really don't see why the amount of species matters...introduced alien species have decimated the native populations, no matter what size. It's not just fish, there are endemic insects, mollusks, and crustaceans that use the waterways. These guys are found no where else in the world. Once they're gone they're gone for good.

There are five species of native stream fish (four gobies and an eleotrid). Four of these are endemic and one is indigenous. Native stream shellfish, all of which are endemic, consists of two crustaceans and three mollusks.

Hawai'i streams are also home to the larval forms (nymphs) of dragonflies and damselflies. Both have members that are endemic to Hawai'i.

The waterways consist of plecos and talipia. Not really an even distribution of niches. The plecos have even caused erosion problems due to their habbit of destroying aquatic plants and digging into banks. (Though I'm sure us humans do much more damage ourselves.)

[Paulo José Alves]

Hi


The introduction of alien species has allways some kind of impact, negative many times. However the spread of alien species by man is on going process that exists since man exists, having been intensified in the last decades, and to a certain degree it can´t be reversed. Anyway we live in a world of change, and not forgeting the impact on the native aquatic hawains I suspect that most people likes to have fish, beautiful ones preferably, in the water ways.

[Don Hiatt]

Another thing to remember is this. There are native freshwater species in Hawaii. They may be related to saltwater species, but there are some endemics.

By the way. That "convict" looks like a red devil to me.

[Paulo José Alves]

Hi

I agree that the "convict" seems very much to be a morph of A. Labiatus/citrinellum.

[Modest_Man]

Na, I guarantee 100% convict. He's just a big mature male. I'm going out again in an hour or so, I'll take more shots.

As a side note, a pair of smaller convicts I netted layed eggs last night. Striped male, pink female. They ate the eggs though. Oh well, it was their first time.

Here's a shot of a similar convict at Mojo's board.

http://forum.aquamojo.com/index.php?sho ... hl=convict

[MacFish]

I think they are refering to this "convict" not the one you caught...