NEVER release an aquarium fish into the wild.

[adamcaso]

If only people didn't let fish out into the wild, we wouldn't have the bans we have today.

 

[flyboy]

It's sad but in life it is always a few idiots who screw up everything for everyone.

 

[rayman45]

i dump a channel cat inot my lake every year.......

 

[guppy]

Does the channel cat come from that lake and is it kept with anything from anywhere else?

 

[turtall]

i am going to sticky this

Naw... You don't have to sticky this one. Any fool that's going to release does'nt read this forum. They are going to do it anyway, out of ignorance or they just don't care. Anyone here is well informed informed enough not to release, and another sticky will just take up room.
Just my opinion, Your Honor

 

[rayman45]

they come from pet store and in with oscars and other s.a fish

 

[Dr Joe]

Tropical and zoo u got right, but there's alot of stuff here I ain't pettin'.

 

[cburkhart78]

You guys aren't joking about Florida.There's a page on the Florida Fish n Game site that has a list of all the exotics.It seems cool at first because the thing literally reads like a fantasy list for all of our wildest dreams(all kinds of cichlids, knifefish, snakeheads, etc.)but there are countless native species that are threatened or endangered because of exotics. On the same hand there are a few species that are extinct except for a few specimens that are kept by aquariasts.I guess we're good for something.

 

[ewurm]

I saw that too. I was enthralled by the fish, but when the DNR starts stocking exotics to keep exotics at bay you know there is a problem.

 

[moush]

I know that in some places you can't even use live minnows while fishing for fear that they will get realesed into the wild