Fish Magically Appeared

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jjballer

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I have a vacation home in Pennsylvania. I have a pond which I had built. The only fish which I added were channel catfish, Koi, minnows, killifish and trap door snails. I found this fish last weekend. This is how I found it. It had the stick in its mouth. You can't see my pond because of the trees but I attached the image so you can see where it relative to other bodies of water. There are lakes, rivers and streams. I have a few questions.

1) What is it?
2)How did it get there?
3) Why does it have a stick in it's mouth? Did the fish bite the stick, did it get washed in it's mouth or is someone coming to my pond and stick it there?





 
Just a guess but I would guess racoon or similar animal. They have been known to grab larger fish and drag them. Stick could have got stuck in the mouth while dragging. But is it definitely some animal that started eating it and didn't finish for some reason.
 
jjballer said:
Any idea what kind of fish? I don't think it is a channel cat but it can be. It had tons of teeth.
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Looked like a channel to me, you're right though it had a lot more teeth than I'd expect.
 
I don't think that is a channel cat, the teeth are more like a wallago or similar species. I would say it died and was thrown out.
 
The teeth are kinda crazy on that ugly mess of a fish, but then again ive been surprised by the dental hardware many fish are packing.
 
Bullheads have teeth like that (easier to see once lips are dried away). They can draw blood when they bite you (I know from fishing). Probably a brown bullhead.
 
fish squish said:
Bullheads have teeth like that (easier to see once lips are dried away). They can draw blood when they bite you (I know from fishing). Probably a brown bullhead.
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+1 you can easily stick your hand in a bigger channel'a mouth and even your entire arm in a large flathead but first time I tried to remove a hook a bullhead swallowed I figured out pretty quick that they don't like appendages in their mouth :).
 
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