Grad Party

[TNJAKE]

Nice work bud and congrats to the grad. Also glad to see you went with a boneless hotdog

 

[bigfurmn]

It was damn tasty actually. I am doing it again.
TNJAKE thank ill let her know!

 

[chopsaw]

Nice spread , nicer 'stang . Is that the Grad gift ?
I had an A code 2 + 2 GT . ' 66 .

 

[bigfurmn]

That is the step dad (very cool guy) 65 3speed convert. 302 V8. Nice cruiser.

 

[clifish]

Its family, Im ready to help. The grad is my cousins daughter. The grads sister works with myself and another cousin of mine at my cousins tropical fish store. Then again i did agree to do this after work after my cousins husband brought the beer.

Sorry for the derailment...but tropical fish store?? I wish I lived near that. I run 15 fish tanks up to 125 gallons with central/south American cichlids and a 5000 gal koi pond in the back.

 

[bigfurmn]

Sorry for the derailment...but tropical fish store?? I wish I lived near that. I run 15 fish tanks up to 125 gallons with central/south American cichlids and a 5000 gal koi pond in the back.
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Totally cool I love working there and I love the fish. Its a cool store. Biggest in MN for sure. That pond is awesome!!! Got some great butterfly koi that would look great in there.

 

[bigfurmn]

clifish my cousin is curious what that catfish is you have in there???

 

[clifish]

clifish my cousin is curious what that catfish is you have in there???

Albino channel cat, put it in at 4" about 7 years ago now pushing 36". As the pond is 4' deep, all fish survive our NY winters.

 

[snadamo]

Bearcarver and bigfurmn thank you for sharing! I will plan on trying that.

Looks like it turned out fantastic!

 

[GonnaSmoke]

Excellent smoke all the way around. Congratulations to the graduate!!

 

[Steve H]

Looks like the work paid off well. It all looks delicious!

 

[Bearcarver]

bigfurmn and clifish :
Here's a strange one for you:
We had an aquarium when Bear Jr was little, and I was known to sneak a couple of fresh water young fish in with the regular Cheap tropical fish. Such as Bass, Trout, Catfish, Bluegill, Killifish, etc, etc.
One time I put a few 2" Bullhead Catties in, but I didn't throw flies or worms in for them. I just kept sprinkling the tropical fish food in. Guess what happened----Their mouths grew shut. I guess just from lack of use.
Ever hear of such a thing?

Bear

 

[bigfurmn]

Everything turned very good, thanks for hanging in there with me!
Bearcarver , I’ve never heard of that but it makes sense. I’m not too up on the native fish since I was much much younger. I started working for my uncle at the store when I was 13. About 12 years ago my cousin bought the store from my uncle.

 

[clifish]

bigfurmn and clifish :
Here's a strange one for you:
We had an aquarium when Bear Jr was little, and I was known to sneak a couple of fresh water young fish in with the regular Cheap tropical fish. Such as Bass, Trout, Catfish, Bluegill, Killifish, etc, etc.
One time I put a few 2" Bullhead Catties in, but I didn't throw flies or worms in for them. I just kept sprinkling the tropical fish food in. Guess what happened----Their mouths grew shut. I guess just from lack of use.
Ever hear of such a thing?

Bear

never heard of such a thing, did they die soon after?

I once scooped up some small fish from a pond thinking they were mosquito fish. They turned out to be large mouth bass and they grew to 4" really quick. ended up catching them on a fly and hand line to return them back to the lake...lol

 

[Bearcarver]

never heard of such a thing, did they die soon after?

I once scooped up some small fish from a pond thinking they were mosquito fish. They turned out to be large mouth bass and they grew to 4" really quick. ended up catching them on a fly and hand line to return them back to the lake...lol

Yup---Died. Another one of my experiments that went down-hill.
I once put a Largemouth Bass in. He was only about 2" long.
Then Mrs Bear's neons starting not showing up for Reveille.

Bear

 

[bigfurmn]

I was thinking the natives would make short work of the tropical ones.

 

[Bearcarver]

I was thinking the natives would make short work of the tropical ones.

Yup---And LM Bass are Pigs!
They'd eat themselves if they could figure out how to do it.

Bear

 

[bigfurmn]

We have a giant Pacu at the store that is the same way. He’s our garbage disposal for dead fish.

 

[clifish]

We have a giant Pacu at the store that is the same way. He’s our garbage disposal for dead fish.

That is funny as they are vegetarians in nature. Not sure they sell them at stores as they get over 3'. If you like the looks just get some silver dollars or red hooks.

 

[bigfurmn]

clifish It also amazes me people buy oscars anymore, but they do. That Pacu is about ad vegitarian as you or I are. Pretty sure he just had to adapt to survive. We sell quite a few arrowana and things also that get big. I just make sure to warn people they get huge.