Hawaiibassfishing Forum

Fishing on Good Friday was, ummmm, well,.......GOOD!

I took a good friend and his son out for an all day trip. The rains kept us under the bridge for about 4 hours so we tried for some catfish while we were waiting out the rain (which never ended). We hit a shallow cover near Boy Scout Island and caught this! Stan told me what is was but I forget the name. Anyone seen this one. Two different people called it two different names. Looks like an overgrown sucker fish! Stan described it very accurately as a catfish with armor! Which it is.

thanks for the trip Tommy, had a blast regardless of the weather. I really think that thing is a cleaner fish.
btw, Tylor wont stop talking about "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY!"

i still think it was a big ol carp or catfish

As a family (Loricariidae), they are collectively the armored catfish. This species (Hypostomus plecostomus) is officially known as the suckermouth catfish, but commonly known by aquarists as the common plecos...or kids like to say "That's a sucker fish!".

That's quite a big one. I used to keep one in my tank and it was maybe 2" max.

That is one UGLY catfish!!!!!!!!! I read that the roe from this fish is considered high grade caviar. I do not know how you would get it out of that fish.

OO7:BASSINASSASSIN wrote:That is one UGLY catfish!!!!!!!!! I do not know how you would get it out of that fish.

Sawzall!!!

Like Ken said, that's a plecostomus. You can frequently see them surfacing if you are paying attention. I'm not sure why they come up, 'cause I think they have gills like regular fish.

If I remember right, the deep water in Wahiawa has very low oxygen concentration. These fish are benthic fish. They may need to come up to breath once in a while if they live on the lake bottom in 15-20 feet of water