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offshoredrillin 03-03-2010 08:26 PM

Piranhas at LOTO?
 
Watching it on the history channel now, girl caught a piranah on her fishing line at the 5 mile marker...:eek:

lotojim 03-03-2010 08:29 PM

Wonder what they taste like??

isellpower 03-03-2010 09:17 PM

As cold as it got this year they probably died if there were any left. However, you would be advised to send a goat or an older pet into the water before entering yourself.

compedgemarine 03-03-2010 09:28 PM

actually you can swim around them and they wont bother you unless you are injured or bleeding. they only attack stressed prey. now if you cut yourself or otherwise when you jump in all bets are off.

POWERPLAY J 03-03-2010 09:30 PM

They will die off in the colder water. Was it a Pirahna or a Pacu? a cousin but less menacing and more robust...

WeaponX 03-03-2010 09:34 PM


Originally Posted by offshoredrillin (Post 3059451)
Watching it on the history channel now, girl caught a piranah on her fishing line at the 5 mile marker...:eek:

I put about 75 or so in the lake each year just for fun.:evilb:

bobbowobbo 03-03-2010 09:37 PM


Originally Posted by lotojim (Post 3059456)
Wonder what they taste like??

X1 :evilb:

vette131 03-03-2010 10:15 PM


Originally Posted by offshoredrillin (Post 3059451)
Watching it on the history channel now, girl caught a piranah on her fishing line at the 5 mile marker...:eek:

jim darr??

glassdave 03-03-2010 10:48 PM


Originally Posted by WeaponX (Post 3059512)
I put about 75 or so in the lake each year just for fun.:evilb:

LOL :D

Coolerman 03-04-2010 12:41 AM

wtf, piranhas at loto? That should make party cove interesting.......

capt2130 03-04-2010 03:15 AM

I'm sure the ecoli will kill them. :D :D

wantsa311 03-04-2010 03:16 AM


Originally Posted by lotojim (Post 3059456)
Wonder what they taste like??

The piranahs are probably wondering the same thing about us.

offshoredrillin 03-04-2010 04:27 AM


Originally Posted by POWERPLAY J (Post 3059507)
They will die off in the colder water. Was it a Pirahna or a Pacu? a cousin but less menacing and more robust...

it was piranha, they were talking about the cold water and the different species that can survive it. As someone said earlier, they are there because people like Anthony :D put them in kinda crazy but according to the show they are swimming among ya.

jayboat 03-04-2010 05:14 AM

When I first saw this thread, I thought. "why don't they call them cougars like everyone else?" :drink:

Mbam 03-04-2010 05:54 AM

They are very tasty, went fishing for them on an Amazon trip years ago. No surprise, used little chunks of beef for bait.

One got loose in the bottom of the boat as the guide was removing the hook, he jumped up on the seat until it stopped flopping around! They are all teeth.

offshoredrillin 03-04-2010 06:32 AM


Originally Posted by jayboat (Post 3059611)
When I first saw this thread, I thought. "why don't they call them cougars like everyone else?" :drink:

That right there was funny, i dont care who ya are.. :D


http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/ne....aspx?id=59875

pm203 03-04-2010 07:11 AM

What type of jackass tosses fish like these into a recreational lake?

offshoredrillin 03-04-2010 07:17 AM


Originally Posted by pm203 (Post 3059651)
What type of jackass tosses fish like these into a recreational lake?

same type that lets a 10 foot python out in the woods.

Jassman 03-04-2010 07:20 AM


Originally Posted by offshoredrillin (Post 3059654)
same type that lets a 10 foot python out in the woods.

lets here the rest of the story..:grinser010:

RHC 03-04-2010 07:22 AM

Yep , got to big for his / her fish tank , so they threw it in the lake!!!! remember folks, they live amongst us!! :angry-smiley-038:

OUTLAW24 03-04-2010 07:22 AM

They found at least one inlet at LOTO that has a minimal temperature of 57 F. They also did testing in labs that showed that they can survive up to 50 F water. :eek:

SUPERCATBOATS 03-04-2010 11:05 AM

Hopefully, The 5' alligator that got away last year will eat them and keep us safe at The Lake.:fish:

PromoProducts-BP 03-04-2010 11:12 AM

I can't believe someone was actually dumb enough to dump a piranha in LOTO. People amaze me.

Jesse James 03-04-2010 11:36 AM


Originally Posted by ALVIN (Post 3059803)
Hopefully, The 5' alligator that got away last year will eat them and keep us safe at The Lake.:fish:

thats what i was thinking..... and with a bunch of bodies in the water....I would have to think from below I dont look the most appetizing on the buffet....

BDiggity 03-04-2010 11:49 AM

Hope my wife doesnt hear about it. She already freaks out when people mention gators, baby sharks, etc.

OUTLAW24 03-04-2010 12:06 PM


Originally Posted by ALVIN (Post 3059803)
Hopefully, The 5' alligator that got away last year will eat them and keep us safe at The Lake.:fish:

It's funny that you mention an alligator being released because some idiot released one here in NW Indiana on the lake my parents live on. A convservation officer was fianlly able to locate it and kill it towards the end of the summer.

Young Performance 03-04-2010 12:33 PM

I use to have one in an aquarium. I got it when I was about 8 or 9 yrs old. Had it for about 10 yrs. My mom put tap water in the tank to top it off without using a product to counter the chlorine in tap water. I had a product that would basically cancel out the chlorine in tap water so it would be safe to put in fish tanks. She didn't know about it and topped off the tank and killed it.
He was real mellow. I could stick my hand in the tank and actually pet him. Fed him goldfish, guppies, shrimp, whatever I could get. In all the years I had him, I never saw him eat. He would wait until the lights were off. At one point, he didn't eat for about 3 weeks. I put about 60 guppies in one evening. He didn't touch them until I turned the lights out that night. I could hear him going at it attacking the guppies. The next morning there were 2 left. Actually made a pretty cool pet.
Eddie

bulletbob 03-04-2010 12:49 PM

I probably had 20 over the yrs. The red belly variety were aggressive. They wouldn't eat until we were motionless for 20 to 30 minutes. They can survive in Loto. An elderly couple fishing off my point caught a cross bred. He was huge. The size of a LARGE crappie. He was all white and was doscile with huge teeth. Lets hope that they either die out (doubt it) or cross bred with something doscile! By the way I never put any of my fish in any lake.

Irishtornado 03-04-2010 01:17 PM

Seems to be old news..this article is from 2007

http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/ne....aspx?id=59875

TampaBeach 03-04-2010 01:56 PM

In FL we swim with everything, hell even the Manatee's bite down here. I've had an alligator swim right past me in the gulf :eek: that got my attention. One of those Kite boarders just got eaten a week ago by a group of sharks (st Lucie), you just got to watch it. Hell I almost lost the end of a finger to a DAMN STONE CRAB a month ago. HUH and you all are worried about a couple of little fish:evilb::drink:

offshoredrillin 03-04-2010 02:29 PM

the article is old, not sure how old the show was last night. the article also says the fish cant breed with other species. But if you believe what Jeff goldblum said in Jurassic park, nature finds a way to preserve itself.. ever see Betty white in the movie lake placid, lol?

WeaponX 03-04-2010 06:34 PM


Originally Posted by offshoredrillin (Post 3059610)
it was piranha, they were talking about the cold water and the different species that can survive it. As someone said earlier, they are there because people like Anthony :D put them in kinda crazy but according to the show they are swimming among ya.

Just have to swim fast....or in my case run on top of the water.:lolhit:

WeaponX 03-04-2010 06:36 PM


Originally Posted by ALVIN (Post 3059803)
Hopefully, The 5' alligator that got away last year will eat them and keep us safe at The Lake.:fish:

I didn't put in the gator....Did you Alvin??:evilb:

offshoredrillin 03-04-2010 07:35 PM


Originally Posted by WeaponX (Post 3060059)
Just have to swim fast....or in my case run on top of the water.:lolhit:

puuulease...your so skinny just turn sideways and they would swim right past ya:evilb:

hotjava66 03-04-2010 08:13 PM

was an old guy up here that caught a shark in Florida, froze it and brought it home, and then tossed in in a local lake. someone found it the next day and all kinds of funny sh*t was running around the rumor mill and press.

Jassman 03-05-2010 05:40 AM


Originally Posted by offshoredrillin (Post 3059937)
the article is old, not sure how old the show was last night. the article also says the fish cant breed with other species. But if you believe what Jeff goldblum said in Jurassic park, nature finds a way to preserve itself.. ever see Betty white in the movie lake placid, lol?

wasn't that a documentorary..:grinser010:

offshoredrillin 03-05-2010 05:50 AM


Originally Posted by Jassman (Post 3060264)
wasn't that a documentorary..:grinser010:

yes, but i also posted a link to an article...good try though :D

dykstra 03-05-2010 08:04 AM


Originally Posted by vette131 (Post 3059541)
jim darr??

lol


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