Originally Posted by Billfish715 (Post 495024)

That's what happens when fish get too big for someone's aquarium! Exotics show up in lots of unlikely bodies of water when people dump them out of the tanks they have at home. It even happens with reptiles, mammals and birds. Ask people who live near Fairfield University in Connecticut about the wild parrots that live there. Someone is always losing a boa constrictor. Brightly colored koi seem to find their way into local ponds. So, a red tailed catfish is certainly not out of the question.

Originally Posted by Adrenalinerush (Post 495125)

You don't have to go to Connecticut for wild parrots there are sizeable populations in the Carteret area.

https://dendroica.blogspot.com/2012/...-carteret.html

Originally Posted by thmyorke1 (Post 495074)

I'd rather keep trout pretty, even if it means a better fight since they're stacked with muscles.

Something i do wonder about however is selecting trout that survive in harsher waters. Warm and polluted.