Seacaucus Duck Pond 18 Lb. Red Tail Catfish

[Mark B.]

Caught & released (signs there say release all fish) this past weekend.

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

Caught & released (signs there say release all fish) this past weekend.

One of my buddies lives right there and loves it. That's a legit fish- but if it is one- -aren't they an Amazon species?making her a tank escapist?
I'm not a big catfish guy so could be wrong

[Mark B.]

Yes an exotic. Got too big for its tank & illegally stocked. Will not survive the cold water of the winter.

First of all that's one helluva a fish! Unbelievable catch! So your saying that fish either got that big in a fish tank or got that big after being released this past spring or they actually do survive winters here. Either that guy had one helluva a big fish tank, red tail catfish have insane growth rates or that fish has been in that pond for more than a few years. I'm choosing door number 3! Either way that's one beautiful fish. Have seen them caught on TV but would =never have expected seeing one caught in this country and of all places a duck pond in Seacaucus! Can't make this stuff up!

[Eskimo]

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Wow, that's some catfish.
I guess this is another one of those cases where a guy buys a small fish that quickly outgrows his aquarium, so he tosses it into the local waterway.

In South Florida where tropical fish can survive through the winter, released Pacus can grow to the size of garbage can lids.





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[Chrisper4694]

wow that's pretty cool haha

[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by dakota560

First of all that's one helluva a fish! Unbelievable catch! So your saying that fish either got that big in a fish tank or got that big after being released this past spring or they actually do survive winters here. Either that guy had one helluva a big fish tank, red tail catfish have insane growth rates or that fish has been in that pond for more than a few years. I'm choosing door number 3! Either way that's one beautiful fish. Have seen them caught on TV but would =never have expected seeing one caught in this country and of all places a duck pond in Seacaucus! Can't make this stuff up!

100% guarantee it will not and has not survived the winter here and most likely has not grown all that much since being let go. Believe it or not NYC and surrounding area is a huge aquarium trade area as many people don't habe yards for dogs meaning they turn to reptiles and fish. I know several guys in that area that have several hundred and even thousand gallon aquariums so it doesn't surprise me but what does surprise me is a guy that does have a aquarium big enough to hold such a fish typically is well educated that they won't make it in our winters, probably had snice it was very small, and that fish thar size would be worth a good amount of $ to the guys that keep monster aquariums