i think i killed my fish

A quick review of CA fishing regs shows that it isn't legal to transport live fish without special permits, so I suspect possession in captivity isn't legal either.

Happens all the time.

All I ask is that people don't throw out the fish into local waterways when they don't want it anymore.
 
RAven - You had me laughing again! "Those granolas" :)

Of course it is the "granolas" that legalize pot, so of course they think it would be wrong to keep a game fish, wear fur, cut down a tree, etc :p

DrD
 
Wyoming is not noted for it's granola population, but it's not legal here to keep game fish without permits, nor is it legal to transport any live game fish without a permit. This practice is based on fishery management more than anything else. People don't realize how big most game fish will get in an aquarium (no predators, regular feedings and higher temps, usually), and then don't know what to do with the huge fish they have. Very few LFS will accept them as turn ins, so people dump them in a local waterway, with no thought to the consequences.

Illegally 'stocked' fish have ruined many native fisheries, as well as spread/introduced diseases. It may seem like a joke, but think how you'd feel if you came home and discovered an oscar had been dumped in your tetra tank. Same thing, only many times a breeding population is established. In a lake, one bass might seem insignificant, but a breeding population will decimate a trout fishery. Not a pretty picture.
 
oxygen

Originally posted by OrionGirl
Which goes to show you aren't from anywhere cold. :)

The temp here can drop from 60 to below freezing in a few hours. On small waters, that means it will drop 15+ degrees an hour, especially if the wind is whipping around.

Granted, it's not a good thing to do to a fish, but it does happen in the wild. Eventually the water becomes oxygen deprived and this kills fish quickly.
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I wonder if his bass was 'obtained' in a region where such drastic temp changes can happen?
I think getting more oxygen to the bass is very important. What size is the tank, or pond?
 
80gal tank.

and no, i do not currently posess a permit for this game specimin. however, it is being used for educational purposes and on top of that i doubt anyone would really be upset anyways.

i guess that temp. changes can happen like that in some areas but i doubt he's ever experienced one, even in the mountain lake where he was caught. besides i've had it since he was about 2.5" so since then he's been an aquarium fish.

btw the one good thing about having a bass is that you are never out of options if they get too big. i've had numerous offers to take him off my hands for a meal already. sheez, some people :rolleyes:
 
The only time it's really a problem to have a wild species as a pet is if it happens to turn out to be an endangered species, as far as the game warden is concerned. I spoke to a game warden recently about this very thing, and he said as long as I had a fishing license to catch the fish, they didn't really care what I did with it once it came out of the lake. He said it was "technically" illegal to keep ANY native fish without educational permits or specific reasons, such as reviving the gene pool at a hatchery, but nothing is ever really said about it unless you release it and someone sees you, or you catch an endangered fish to keep as a specimen.... Then again, "technically" it's illegal to catch tadpoles and raise them, too, and I know a lot of people who do that for their kids....

People around here (Backwoods, USA) don't even mind the fact that people catch oppossums and use them to train their hunting dogs.... game wardens included in both the practice and the observation of it, and it's just as unlawful according to the FGC.

Your area might be a little more strict in their interpretation of the law, though...
 
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