I got up this morning, and the first things that went through my mind were “I want an Iced Coffee from McDonalds and I want to fish”. So, I took up Dan’s advice and decided to head over to La Mirada to see if I could get a Catfish on the fly. The day started out great I caught a few Juvenile Largemouth, and hooked up with a Cat that went straight for a sunken cement block and broke me off so quick I had barely had it on the line. But on the very next cast I got the surprise of my life an Oscar!!! Now obviously someone felt this guy got a little too big for his aquarium and decided to dump him on the Park Lake down the street, but man was it fun to catch on a fly. This fish fought extremely hard for it’s size and there is nothing like adding a species to the lifelist. If that is not the most awesome thing that has ever happened to me, I caught another one just a couple of casts later. I think that after your blood pressure and heart rate go up that high you are supposed to have a doctor check you out, but we will see if there is any permanent damage!
Themocracy
didn’t think an oscar could survive in this weather?
I have often wondered how long it would be before one showed up!
I used to raise them, and when they got too big, I would just take them back to the shop and trade them for something else!
This thing have a voracious appetite and will eat anything that moves!
Sean are they still alive?
Bob
Bob,
I know. that thing hit my bugger fly so hard, I thought that it was one of the biggest fish of my life. Of course it is still alive! I don’t kill fish that I catch in park lakes. Now if I had caught that think in a trout stream, you can bet that it would either be relocated or someone’s dinner.
Someone probably recently dropped it off. They can suvive though, alot of the park lakes are actually heated and as long as the fish is acclimated it could definitely live.