Interesting invasive species. You should know also that nearly everything growing in and around that stream are not native plants of Florida. That whole area is full of invasive species in and out of the water.
Undoubtedly the creek keeps flowing so it stays fresh, fed from an underground spring somewhere at some point down the line. Otherwise you'd see stagnant conditions.
Fun times. Have you ever come across any corys or exotic plecos (not common)? Seeing these fish and being able to collect them is cool, but yet disappointing the FL waterways have been so contaminated with non-native species.
TM Aquatics I’ve seen arapaima caught in Florida, and black pacu caught in North Carolina... it’s sad how people are so irresponsible with their pets...
Hell yea! New collecting video! Love to see this out there, we need to educate people more about our natives! Don’t forget to try out collecting up northern Florida in the Evergladesor the green swamp! Check out the Pygmy sunfish species, you can breed them in a 5 gallon. The males do a lil dance to the females and it’s so pretty! I would highly suggest checking out the Pygmy sunfish, such amazing natives!
Such a great idea. Removing them from an environment that they can ruin and setting them up elsewhere in captivity while also reducing the need a little for taking them from their native waters
Hey .... this vid inspired me enough to buy 2 fish traps ( first one cheap cheap cheap and broke 2nd day) and a good strong net for dipping in 3 ponds on the property here in N.W.C. Florida. Moved out of Orlando to the country 20yrs ago and I'll never go back to city life. I love the swampland I live in now. And really get off on the strange sounds at night way back in the swamp. LOVE IT.
These videos are absolutely fascinating! It’s sad that Florida is like the capital of non-native invasive species, but it’s good that you guys are helping by trying to take out abit of those bad boys out!
@@quaaquatics9416 sailfin mollies I believe are native tho as they are native to Mexico and North America. I caught one of those and an American flagfish which are also native and sold in the trade when I was down there in April this year.
Very Cool guys I'm in Spring hill wich is more west you think if I try going twords central like Close to Orlando I might find some places? I'm 69 and it's my hobby too I Love to do that while I can still get around lol thank for the video love them
Could they also be escaping from aquarium fish farms in Florida? I've seen videos of some of the farms and they've got fish running around everywhere outside of their tanks they could just drain right out into water somewhere
cool video! Thanks for posting this. I was just listening to a podcast and they said that it was illegal to catch wild fish for a personal pond unless you are just catching them as bait fish. I figured with you emphasizing "INVASIVE" that might be the exception to the rule. Do you know if there's any truth to it? I tried looking it up and I just kept finding things that discuss the states stocking programs.
u guys a pretty lucky to have loads of freshwater fish. up here in vancouver its really hard to find wild freshwater fish unless u drive 3 hours inland.
Wow! Gorgeous specimens!! Great catch with the DIY minnow trap!!! 👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾🐟🐟 Love this vid! Also...my dad ALWAYS says "mess wit the bull, get the horns"! Love the shirt, Schmuck!!
hey buddy, very cool video, ill be in Orlando this weekend and was wondering if you could help me with some spots to hit up for some of these cool guys?
@@WildFishTanks what town at least. There is a big difference in central florida climates. Some parts get too cold for tropicals. Others are fine. I am also in central florida. Brevard county. Space coast. Would love to fine some xonvicts like that
Lane Elder northern Florida is better for native fish, the more south you go, the more invasive species you will find. North Florida has the Pygmy sunfish, brown darters, Redfin pickerel, Pygmy Killifish, and more!
I was watching a sports fishing video from Florida and saw them catching huge Plecos, which are having a very negative impact on the environment. Cory was eating them in Peru, I think as a novelty food item it might help decimate or drop the population if someone made Deep fried Plecos on a stick? Plecos de Jour? Jerked Pleco?
I would prefer wild caught invasive platies over bred ones. The dogs i own are also strays. I like the more raw look they have, bot dogs and fish. Unfortunately i am in northern europe.
I would like to know where this is because I live in Miami and really want catch colorful fish because the mollies in my backyard dont have colors but the midas Cichlids are cool but would love to catch platies and convicts
Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave please check out the Pygmy sunfish and Pygmy Killifish! Such great natives in Florida, also blue spotted sunfish. And check out some natives from up North like the etheostoma genus and rainbow shiners, such pretty natives hiding in our backyards!
Actually, Wyoming has some pretty cool natives! I find that the cold water natives are better than the natives down in Florida and Alabama. Darters are an AMAZING coldwater fish species, search up rainbow darters, or orangethroat darters, or greenside darters. I know you guys have some great dace species as well!
Those leaves at the beginning, he had the right idea, coz those leaf are big and kind of waterproof which is used as emergency umbrella in Asian countries. First thing the dude does act as the leaf is umbrella
Can you tell me where that place is I am interested in catching some fish for my small pond with waterfall in my yard if you could help me thanks and interesting channel
I have been trying to keep them in wild only tanks for now and keep an eye on them. I’ve had luck with least killifish, bluefin killifish, and these platys so far
Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave I find that I have more luck keeping wild caught natives alive better than store bought fish, they are so much hardier and most diseases they have are external parasites like black spot, so I just give them a 15 minute salt dip and they are good to go!
Seems like you guys find a lot of invasive aquarium species, but none of the native species in Florida save the few Blue Fin Killies from the other video...
It's amazing all the jackasses that release these fish into the wild where they don't belong. My neighbor recently told me that she had a snail infestation in her freshwater aquarium. She is a bit of a bleeding heart so she released a bunch into a local lake here in NJ. I flipped out on her, which I am sure didn't help with neighborly relations. I'm just hoping that the freezing weather we get will kill them ..
It can be a tough one to understand but when you see the harm they can cause, makes it a little easier. All we can do really is spread the word and hope people get it. And yeah, hopefully the harsher winters up there will prevent them from taking hold
@@WildFishTanks that's the most productive approach, that kind of bleeding heart bullshit points to a failure of the education system. We ought to make a more concerted effort as a society to educate people about the dangers of non native species and the effect they can have on a local ecosystem.
Can’t even say “free fish,” really because purchase of the fish is the least of their expenses and those guys would need some quarantining with medications more than likely but good you’re taking these out from where they don’t belong anyway. Here in California and other states, we’re having a very bad time with New Zealand mudsnails. Even if fish eat them whole, their shells can protect them so they pass through alive and to populate another day!
Looks like people released marigold variatus platies and red wag platies and then some gene mixing was happening in the wild. Some of those look like the hybrids in my community tank. So are places like that all throughout Florida? Any creeks with invasive tropical fish in Ft Lauderdale area that you know of?
Yea i think you’re right. At least around central Florida they are. My friends have caught stuff in drainage ditches even. I’m not familiar with ft Lauderdale but I’d have to imagine there are plenty of spots hidden in plain sight
Fort Lauderdale has a lot of Mayan cichlids, Oscar cichlids, jaguar cichlids, salvini cichlids, spotted tilapia, blue tilapia, Nile tilapia, and African jewel cichlids. If you drive a little north or south you can also get eastern happy cichlids, midas cichlids, red devil cichlids, zebra tilapia, and green severums.
Wild Caught Bluefin Killifish! th-cam.com/video/-7PpKfYbIcg/w-d-xo.html
Do you have a Facebook Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave
Omg I want one!!!
I’ve never known black people to have much interest in aquarium fish, but man, you are on fire!
Thank you.
Interesting invasive species. You should know also that nearly everything growing in and around that stream are not native plants of Florida. That whole area is full of invasive species in and out of the water.
Had a blast as usual with these guys,have those wild plates in a small pond thing in the yard,doing good!
Man y'all can find every fish in the water of Florida 👍💪 wild convicts in Florida 😲🤣🤯
Yea man, so much more to explore too
We got it all over here in central Florida and south Florida haha
I know invasive fish are bad... but this looks like so much fun! Being from the far north, we can't do anything like this here.
Hey next time you go, take along your test kit? Im very interested in what the pH, nitrate levels are??? Looks like alot of fun!!!!!
Great idea!! I will do so
The Fishy Life ! Guys we just did it, its perfect
Undoubtedly the creek keeps flowing so it stays fresh, fed from an underground spring somewhere at some point down the line. Otherwise you'd see stagnant conditions.
Man I’m so jealous! This looks sooo fun! Thanks for the vid, please do more collecting vids!
Fun times. Have you ever come across any corys or exotic plecos (not common)? Seeing these fish and being able to collect them is cool, but yet disappointing the FL waterways have been so contaminated with non-native species.
TM Aquatics I’ve seen arapaima caught in Florida, and black pacu caught in North Carolina... it’s sad how people are so irresponsible with their pets...
Hell yea! New collecting video! Love to see this out there, we need to educate people more about our natives! Don’t forget to try out collecting up northern Florida in the Evergladesor the green swamp! Check out the Pygmy sunfish species, you can breed them in a 5 gallon. The males do a lil dance to the females and it’s so pretty! I would highly suggest checking out the Pygmy sunfish, such amazing natives!
Chumming for cichlids. Who knew? I hope those convicts aren't fat and happy on native species. *HEAVY SIGH*
Is this in azalea Park? If so we caught like 20 convicts and a bunch of platys
I had a smile for 14 minutes 43 seconds. Really enjoyed watching this video. That was a great, fun afternoon. Great video!
Can’t wait to do it again man, it was a great trip!! Thanks again for sending me the footage
Florida seems like such a cool place for fish keepers
Love the variatus! So pretty and so easy to breed.
Such a great idea. Removing them from an environment that they can ruin and setting them up elsewhere in captivity while also reducing the need a little for taking them from their native waters
Hey .... this vid inspired me enough to buy 2 fish traps ( first one cheap cheap cheap and broke 2nd day) and a good strong net for dipping in 3 ponds on the property here in N.W.C. Florida. Moved out of Orlando to the country 20yrs ago and I'll never go back to city life. I love the swampland I live in now. And really get off on the strange sounds at night way back in the swamp. LOVE IT.
The ciclid you are speaking of is a convict very very nice fish to keep in a tank
Where was this? I’m in central Florida and trying to find new spots, thanks
These videos are absolutely fascinating! It’s sad that Florida is like the capital of non-native invasive species, but it’s good that you guys are helping by trying to take out abit of those bad boys out!
Would love to be able to go do that. Great catches
Fishman it’s a lot of fun
@@aquaman269 how did they become invasive?
@@theamazing10yearold65 released by bad fish owners in local waters
@@quaaquatics9416 sailfin mollies I believe are native tho as they are native to Mexico and North America. I caught one of those and an American flagfish which are also native and sold in the trade when I was down there in April this year.
@@theamazing10yearold65 the sailfins are definitely native
Amazing that they have kept their colors all this time. Nice catches!
Very Cool guys I'm in Spring hill wich is more west you think if I try going twords central like Close to Orlando I might find some places? I'm 69 and it's my hobby too I Love to do that while I can still get around lol thank for the video love them
Love to visit Florida and do this
5:07 Steve Irwin reference... "crikey!!"
Looks like so much fun!!!!!
Could they also be escaping from aquarium fish farms in Florida? I've seen videos of some of the farms and they've got fish running around everywhere outside of their tanks they could just drain right out into water somewhere
Another great collecting trip. Looks like so much fun. Your friends a really entertaining.
Yea it’s always a blast with them, laughing whether we’re catching fish or not
cool video! Thanks for posting this. I was just listening to a podcast and they said that it was illegal to catch wild fish for a personal pond unless you are just catching them as bait fish. I figured with you emphasizing "INVASIVE" that might be the exception to the rule. Do you know if there's any truth to it? I tried looking it up and I just kept finding things that discuss the states stocking programs.
u guys a pretty lucky to have loads of freshwater fish. up here in vancouver its really hard to find wild freshwater fish unless u drive 3 hours inland.
Where are you guys? Looks like a lot of fun. I am wondering what I might find in the Econ aside from really big gators.
Cool vid guys, looks great fun.....looks good to snorkel or set a gopro to see whats all in there.
Living in paradise
Are these waters brackish??
Wow! Gorgeous specimens!! Great catch with the DIY minnow trap!!! 👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾🐟🐟 Love this vid!
Also...my dad ALWAYS says "mess wit the bull, get the horns"! Love the shirt, Schmuck!!
Haha thanks man!!
Where in Florida? Which stream are these in? I wanna try netting some next time I'm down there
Same I live 35 min north of Tampa is it around this area
Where exactly is this? I’m trying to do the same thing!
Love it bro. 😁😱
Very nice,
You are very lucky to collect those fish 🐟
hey buddy, very cool video, ill be in Orlando this weekend and was wondering if you could help me with some spots to hit up for some of these cool guys?
That’s so awesome you grab them in the wild. Everytime I see you catching them. I want to go down to the water to see what I could catch.
Great catch!! I cant wait for spring and summer up here in PA.
11 month ago but i still like this videos✌️😁
Where were you guys at? I live in Orlando and I'm looking to find some good spots.
M H same
I don’t know if it had a name just a small creek by one of my friends house. There are fish in like every creek and drainage ditch around here
@@WildFishTanks what town at least. There is a big difference in central florida climates. Some parts get too cold for tropicals. Others are fine. I am also in central florida. Brevard county. Space coast. Would love to fine some xonvicts like that
Lane Elder northern Florida is better for native fish, the more south you go, the more invasive species you will find. North Florida has the Pygmy sunfish, brown darters, Redfin pickerel, Pygmy Killifish, and more!
What town where you fishing? Thanks in advance!
I was watching a sports fishing video from Florida and saw them catching huge Plecos, which are having a very negative impact on the environment.
Cory was eating them in Peru, I think as a novelty food item it might help decimate or drop the population if someone made Deep fried Plecos on a stick? Plecos de Jour? Jerked Pleco?
Please tell me what part of central Florida that river is🙏
Great video looking forward to more of your wild collecting videos
could perhaps keep convicts in a outdoor pond with things too large to be eaten?
Checking this spot out as we speak 😁
Mind telling me where exactly so i can go as well please
Rob is a nut! I love that guy
He’s the man! Always a good time hanging out with him
COOL FISH &video 👊😎
Lol didn't I tell you about that spot me and Rick like that place. On the other side of the stream you'll find more plants let's fish
I would prefer wild caught invasive platies over bred ones.
The dogs i own are also strays.
I like the more raw look they have, bot dogs and fish.
Unfortunately i am in northern europe.
Great, Free Fish
Is it legal to catch them and bring them home for the fish tank?
The local canals here are infested with jewel cichlids and convicts
Very, very cool video THANKS FOR SHARING
Where abouts is this ? I’m close to Orlando. I’d love to check it out
Ever caught a water moccasin?
Were in Florida what city or town is this?
Where in Florida is this place
Wish I could do that where I live in SoCal.
Where in Florida did u go
I would like to know where this is because I live in Miami and really want catch colorful fish because the mollies in my backyard dont have colors but the midas Cichlids are cool but would love to catch platies and convicts
what park is this in florida i live in miami and would love to go
Can you set up a tank with sand or gravel plants and these fish and make a video please?
This is a super cool video and now I want to see what I can find in South Louisiana!
Get out there!
I saw a wild convict once didn’t last long he was soon caught
Some fat , good looking fish. You can see why they thrive. Is there anything in Florida, from Florida?
Haha not really in this video but in other collecting videos we’ve caught some native Florida species
Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave please check out the Pygmy sunfish and Pygmy Killifish! Such great natives in Florida, also blue spotted sunfish. And check out some natives from up North like the etheostoma genus and rainbow shiners, such pretty natives hiding in our backyards!
Is this Wekiva?
You can't do that in Wyoming, you'd only catch water every time lol
Lol yea pretty much anything will survive the winters here which can be good and bad
Actually, Wyoming has some pretty cool natives! I find that the cold water natives are better than the natives down in Florida and Alabama. Darters are an AMAZING coldwater fish species, search up rainbow darters, or orangethroat darters, or greenside darters. I know you guys have some great dace species as well!
Doesn't Wyoming have some hot springs filled with non-native fish like this as well?
there were 2 burmese pythons next to the water that you didn't see........
Awesome Video Thanks for Sharing FishFam NJAE19
Hey I’m a fishkeeper from central Florida awesome video my friend 💪
Thanks man! Great place to be a fish keeper
Those leaves at the beginning, he had the right idea, coz those leaf are big and kind of waterproof which is used as emergency umbrella in Asian countries. First thing the dude does act as the leaf is umbrella
That actually makes a lot of sense! Had no idea but yes that would be very practical
Can you tell me where that place is I am interested in catching some fish for my small pond with waterfall in my yard if you could help me thanks and interesting channel
Whats your quarantine process for these wild caughts. I usually just use deworm/anti-parasite and watch them for a week.
I have been trying to keep them in wild only tanks for now and keep an eye on them. I’ve had luck with least killifish, bluefin killifish, and these platys so far
Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave I find that I have more luck keeping wild caught natives alive better than store bought fish, they are so much hardier and most diseases they have are external parasites like black spot, so I just give them a 15 minute salt dip and they are good to go!
Nacho Macho321 what level of salinity?
What part of Florida is this
wow you get lots of beauty fish don't need buy at fish store anymore
That looks like Taro (the big leaves)
they wer butiful
Your to loud fish can hear you and see you .looks like alot of fun the water snakes ???
Where in central Florida?
Where is this i live in Miami so
i i live in orlando florida tell me where is that place
Seems like you guys find a lot of invasive aquarium species, but none of the native species in Florida save the few Blue Fin Killies from the other video...
Man I wish I knew spots to do this at in miami
Aren't you all worried about SNAKES???
Always cautious but not overly worried, don’t come across too many
It's amazing all the jackasses that release these fish into the wild where they don't belong. My neighbor recently told me that she had a snail infestation in her freshwater aquarium. She is a bit of a bleeding heart so she released a bunch into a local lake here in NJ. I flipped out on her, which I am sure didn't help with neighborly relations. I'm just hoping that the freezing weather we get will kill them ..
It can be a tough one to understand but when you see the harm they can cause, makes it a little easier. All we can do really is spread the word and hope people get it. And yeah, hopefully the harsher winters up there will prevent them from taking hold
@@WildFishTanks that's the most productive approach, that kind of bleeding heart bullshit points to a failure of the education system. We ought to make a more concerted effort as a society to educate people about the dangers of non native species and the effect they can have on a local ecosystem.
Can’t even say “free fish,” really because purchase of the fish is the least of their expenses and those guys would need some quarantining with medications more than likely but good you’re taking these out from where they don’t belong anyway.
Here in California and other states, we’re having a very bad time with New Zealand mudsnails. Even if fish eat them whole, their shells can protect them so they pass through alive and to populate another day!
please share location
want to know some thing i went fishing and i caught 20 fish
Irresponsible fishkeepers 😔
Yeah, I would normally have expected to find a lot more native species there but pretty much was only the invasive stuff
I don’t believe the large leafed plants are native either.
the more and more I get out and explore, th-cam.com/video/0Ii7VXvzn1w/w-d-xo.html, i’m learning which plants aren’t native either
is the fish even that?
U can find everything in waters of Florida 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You really do, th-cam.com/video/0Ii7VXvzn1w/w-d-xo.html
Where are good places in central Florida to go fish collecting? I’m local
No platys and swordtails cant crossbreed.
Actually they can.
Yes the can.
Looks like people released marigold variatus platies and red wag platies and then some gene mixing was happening in the wild. Some of those look like the hybrids in my community tank. So are places like that all throughout Florida? Any creeks with invasive tropical fish in Ft Lauderdale area that you know of?
Yea i think you’re right. At least around central Florida they are. My friends have caught stuff in drainage ditches even. I’m not familiar with ft Lauderdale but I’d have to imagine there are plenty of spots hidden in plain sight
Fort Lauderdale has a lot of Mayan cichlids, Oscar cichlids, jaguar cichlids, salvini cichlids, spotted tilapia, blue tilapia, Nile tilapia, and African jewel cichlids. If you drive a little north or south you can also get eastern happy cichlids, midas cichlids, red devil cichlids, zebra tilapia, and green severums.
@@TheFishingNomad sounds like a lot of cichlids
Central Florida Cichlids! Native to Lake Apopka
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