RBP Caught in Greater Manchester

[davo]

someones been letting out their monsters into the wild again.

A young angler has caught a piranha while fishing in a river in Greater Manchester.

Josh Boyle, 14, caught the Red bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, while fishing at Reddish Vale, near Stockport in Greater Manchester, says a report from Ananova.

"I recognised what it was straight away, so I wrapped it in a towel so it couldn't bite me," Boyle told Ananova.

"I was really shocked, but I was excited too - as I have never caught anything like it. I have been fishing since I was two, and I've seen lots of pictures of piranhas before, so I knew what it was."

Boyle said that the fish weighed around 3lb. It was returned to the water but was found dead later.

"It was in cold water so it was dying. I think it's the most exotic fish I'll ever catch. I want to get some piranhas as pets but my mum won't let me."

Boyle says that the Piranha was caught using a spinner, a lure made from a curved metal blade which is designed to imitate a fish when it is pulled through the water.

The release of non-native fish is illegal in the UK and persons found guilty of releasing fish risk hefty fines.

 

[HarleyK]

Boyle said that the fish weighed around 3lb. It was returned to the water

 

[Carl D]

Read about it in the Mail.

Carl.

 

[beex215]

its always pacus or piranhas
people dont seem to learn

 

[messiner]

it was prob a pacu

 

[awdawg]

3 lb. pretty darn big red belly if it was eh? I want a monster 3lb. redbelly! jeez! lol ... PACU

 

[stotty]

Here we go ban some more tropical fish we havent got it bad enough with The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=934

Have a look at this. Ooooooooo this is not good.

 

[rust9000]

yeh i was sent some of those hi fin sharks and they were recalled back to the supplier to be killed and how did the RBP live in the water anyways, and why would it have died a soon as he had put it back? surly it would have died as soon as it was introduced?

 

[WyldFya]

It was returned to the water but was found dead later.

The release of non-native fish is illegal in the UK and persons found guilty of releasing fish risk hefty fines.

Umm... So does the kid get the fine?

 

[davo]

this story has a lot of wholes in it doesnt it lol. yea they are pretty tight on coldwater fish if its on their list...