crazy fish @ perris

(deltawakerider)

my grandpa caught this at lake perris last week... is it a crazy pahrana or some kind of dinosaur fish from the lake being so low? I'm never going back! Upload

(mjfan23) · (mjfan23) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 07-29-2006, 1:38 PM

damn! wtf is that thing

K.B.C. 07-29-2006, 1:43 PM

it was probably mutated by all of the feces in the water

(ktmwakeboarder)

that is REALLY freaky

(crs) · (crs) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 07-29-2006, 2:21 PM

What did he use for bait, human flesh? How did he get the hook out of its mouth?

(denystaucd) · (denystaucd) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 07-29-2006, 2:26 PM

Its a Vampire Tetra.... sort of common amoung aquarium fish keepers as a odd-ball fish.

http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Vampire%20Tetra.htm

The picture on that site show the teeth really good.

Someone had to have planted it, as they are not native to the states

cheers,
DC

(kody_a) · (kody_a) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 07-29-2006, 2:28 PM

Dang what the heck is that. I would be scared to ride in that lake.

Some one please fill me in on this lake, like is it by a power plant or something cause that aint normal.

(denystaucd) · (denystaucd) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 07-29-2006, 2:31 PM

I just noticed to that your in California, have your grandpa notify the Departmetn of Fish and Game. As they record and deal with non-native introductions.

Here is the number to the local DFG office I think:
Main Office
4949 Viewridge Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
Information: (858) 467-4201
FAX: (858) 467-4299

If not they can point him to the correct office.

Cheers,
Dc

(ghostrider_2) · (ghostrider_2) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 07-29-2006, 3:53 PM

Holy SHEET BATMAN!

acording to the website that thing can get 4ft long and 40 pounds

Vampire Tetra Factoids

Origin
Northern South America

Size
Four foot max. forty pounds.

Temperature
75 to 80

Attitude
Lurking predator

Security
Little ones like a place to hide

Foods
Live fish preferred

pH
Not sure

Biggest threat
Insufficient food or wrong food

(kristian) · (kristian) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 07-29-2006, 4:41 PM

wow that thing is scary. Would definately report it if I were you. That thing could easily take off a toe.

(deltawakerider)

i made some phone calls and they said the water is so low due to the dam problem that they cant do anything with the fish and game because of "resources". My guess is that all the fish are getting trapped in a small and growing smaller body or water every day...the whole fish with snaggle teeth thingy is nuts...will that fish eat/kill off anything in the water???elsinore here i (and everyone else) come

(notsobueno) · (notsobueno) **Join Date: Dec 2004** 07-29-2006, 7:27 PM

RJizz,

Our plan is working! We'll have the whole lake to ourselves!!

(andy_nintzel)

that thing is evil looking.

(andy_nintzel)

RJizz

How long was that fish that you grandpa caught??

(trojanman) · (trojanman) **Join Date: May 2002** 07-30-2006, 10:46 PM

I found one of those in elsinore about 2 months ago...

It was dead though.. floating on the top of the water.

(dkmode34) · (dkmode34) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 07-30-2006, 11:02 PM

some hillbilly caught a crazy pacu fish in my lake here in Lubbock like 2 weeks ago. He said in a very hick accent "I think I done did see anudder one in der wit it" so they put a 100$ bounty on the other fish. ANother girl was like "it has teeth like me" WOW the news crew always seem to interview those people that make others think that we still ride horses around here in texas. Upload

(dkmode34) · (dkmode34) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 07-30-2006, 11:04 PM

that thing is like 22 lbs by the way

walt 07-31-2006, 6:20 AM

wes,

The Pacu is a close relative of the piranha but is harmless.

(woohoo) · (woohoo) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 07-31-2006, 7:36 AM

I wouldn't want to see that tetra when it's four feet long, it could really do some damage to you.

(phantom5815) · (phantom5815) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 07-31-2006, 7:45 AM

That's the problem when people import "exotics" as pets because they're different or no one else has one. When they find out that they don't have time nor the resources to take care of them, out they go into the closest body of water or drain they can find.

The FL everglades has that problem with the pythons. I'm sure you've seen the one that "exploded" after swallowing a gator - it made the news a few months back.

(foxrepdc) · (foxrepdc) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 07-31-2006, 7:56 AM

We wake skate in a farm pond behind my house that someone caught a Snakefish in last summer. Don't have a pic, but it's like a big eel looking fish with a snake head and teeth....AND that can survive on land, which is how they get from water to water. Rare here but still here!

My thinking is...if the peeps in FL can ride with the gators.....I can handle a weird fish!

DC

(lcky275) · (lcky275) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 07-31-2006, 10:46 AM

Here's his daddy

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(carcrz) · (carcrz) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 07-31-2006, 12:40 PM

Yikes!

(notsobueno) · (notsobueno) **Join Date: Dec 2004** 07-31-2006, 6:25 PM

lets all be thankful that these fish aren't also in Perris:

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malibu73 07-31-2006, 7:28 PM

im thankful those guys are not at my lake

(balti) · (balti) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 08-01-2006, 7:45 AM

its PAYARA and originates in SOUTH AMERICA. Its prefered food is PIRANHA's

(jnewton7) · (jnewton7) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 08-01-2006, 8:02 AM

heres another scary one!
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(balti) · (balti) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 08-01-2006, 9:07 AM

Must have jumped the border....

redneckonaboard06 08-01-2006, 9:12 AM

Gotta love those alligator gar. There all in the Arkansas river, especially right here where I live.

(wake_boarder49)

Did any of you guys see that email that was going around after that tsunami with all those really weird fish that were turning up on shore? You should have seen how scary/ugly those things looked.

EDIT: Just looked it up, the pictures were from a study in New Zealand or something. None of them were found on beaches after the tsunami, nonetheless, scary fish.

(Message edited by wake_boarder49 on August 01, 2006)

(super_air) · (super_air) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 08-01-2006, 3:18 PM

Isn't there alligator gar in the Delta?

walt 08-01-2006, 3:19 PM

(deltawakerider)

the delta has sturgeon...like this
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(jeff359) · (jeff359) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 08-01-2006, 3:31 PM

"the delta has sturgeon...like this"

We'll yes and no. Most of the time, sturgeon are quiet a bit west of were most of us are boarding.