Re: SWM seeks LCF (Large Carnivorous Fish)?

Bass will eat smaller rodents if they are moving when they hit the water.  I
have even heard of them leaving the water to nab a bird out of an
overhanging tree branch.

JOhn <><


"Sam Hopkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> A bass will take care of the goldfish in no time flat but bass won't eat
> something that isn't moving. A catfish would eat the dead carcass.
However,
> a carcass would just decompose/be eating by bugs all by itself.
>
> "Monty Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Enter the stereotypical question :  I want a big fish for a big pond,
> > that will eat small mammal carcasses / meat scraps / other fish.
> > (I've searched via Google, but can't find the answer)
> >
> > --
> >
> > I've got a pond full of goldfish, and although they're pretty, they're
> > not terribly entertaining.
> >
> > I've also got an excess population of eastern grey squirrels (the
> > non-endangered type) that I routinely dispose of.  Opossums, too.
> >
> > I live in Washington state, where a layer of ice forms over the pond
> > in the winter.  So tropical fish are out.
> >
> > The pond is 13,000 gallons - a 35'x15' swimming pool, 6' deep in the
> > deep end.   It's also a concrete pond, with a high pH.  At present, it
> > doesn't have a lot of aeration, but I plan on changing that this
> > coming summer (adding a waterfall and 700 gallon biofilter)
> >
> > So here's my question:  what kind of fish could I get that would eat
> > dead squirrels and grow to be 2-3 feet long?  Would a big catfish do
> > this?  In my hollywood-addled mind, I'd love to see some vicious
> > pirhana action.  (Of course, having owned a red-bellied pirhana
> > before, I know them to be rather boring in practice)
> >
> > After reading all the stories about the giant chinese snakehead, it
> > sounds like what I would want (sans the on-land movement).  Of course,
> > that fish is now quite illegal to import into my state.  So an
> > alternate fish is required.
> >
> > I realize this is probably not what most ponders are looking to raise.
> > But it's a serious question.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > PS:  No, I don't have a wife.  :>
> >
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