anyone here catch their own critters?

[FMgurl43]

i was just wondering if anyone here goes and catches the stuff they put in their tanks? or do u buy them? i live in florida sooo there are beaches all around me and i am always colecting things and putting them in my tanks...i also do freshwater fish/invertebrates that i catch myself...and breed crayfish and have even bred my blue crayfish once..that were also caught in the wild... i am new to this site since the last fish site i went to was not very happy to hear that i catch these critters from the wild and then put them in my tanks...

 

[SnowManSnow]

I think it's a matter of legality isn't it? ESPECIALLY the saltwater stuff and inverts around the reefs. Also, you have to consider the possibility of rogue diseases.

B

 

[FMgurl43]

yea i make sure everything is legal b4 it goes w/ me....and they get put in a different tank....since i have a house full of fish tanks

 

[Anonymous]

I harvested a bunch of live sand in the florida keys once.

I have heard a lot of people go to the keys and get their own snails and crabs and what-not.

Whereabouts in Fort Myers do you live? I live in Eagle Ridge, off Daniels Parkway.

Louey

 

[FMgurl43]

fort myers shores...i havent been to the keys in forever but am planing on going here in the next few months.. i cant wait.. i just got back from fort walton beach but didnt find to many live things since Dennis had came though...

 

[SnowManSnow]

<-- just got back from Mexico Beach myself on vacation.... watched SHARK WEEK on the discovery channel on the last day I was there hahaha... I bet I came close to bein' eaten'!

 

[FMgurl43]

anyone in florida around the fort myers/naples/bonita/matlacha area know where to catch sea urchins? i used to see them eveywhere and now they are no where to be found....

 

[WRASSER]

i cought a couple in Jupitar,FL., in Westpalm bch (blue herion blvd. to be exact) and down in the Florida Keys :wink:

 

[SnowManSnow]

Look in GRASS BEDS! They should be everywhere. Oh.. wear shoes

 

[FMgurl43]

k thanks i dont get to go that way very often but the next time i do ill be sure to check that out... as far as grass beds ive been looking but so far havent been able to find any anywhere... and wearing shoes.. heck yea if i cant see the bottem and its the grass flats w/ the nasty mucky stuff that feels nasty i am deffinatly waering shoes...lol :lol: i used to catch them in maroc island and right off the fishing peir there but havent seen any in 4ever...