Unusual Fish Caught At Buffalo Springs Lake
A fisherman makes a very unusual catch at Buffalo Springs Lake. Late Tuesday afternoon, a fisherman hooked a fish he says he`s never seen before and lake officials are just as amazed: a 20-pound fish with what looks like human teeth.
Scott Curry has caught thousands of fish at Buffalo Springs Lake. He knew his catch was something special from the time he hooked it.
"It took a long time to (reel)in," he says. "I didn`t want to lose it. I was afraid line would break on it."
After reeling in the 20-pounder, Curry realized it wasn`t a typical catch. This one had teeth.
"I haven`t seen anything like it," he says.
"I`ve lived out here 36-years, and I`ve never seen a fish like that out here in my life," says Greg Thornton, General Manager of Buffalo Springs Lake.
Internet searches show it might be a pacu, a fish familiar to South America or a tambaqui, one of the most valuable commercial fish in the Amazon.
"Some one likely got rid of it out here," thinks Thornton.
A game warden has taken pictures and will try to identify it in the next few days.
When Curry caught the fish, he said he saw another one just like it. Lake officials have put a bounty on that, anyone catching it will get $100.
If you want to see the unusual fish, it can be seen in the spring pond at Buffalo Springs Lake.
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Scott Curry has caught thousands of fish at Buffalo Springs Lake. He knew his catch was something special from the time he hooked it.
"It took a long time to (reel)in," he says. "I didn`t want to lose it. I was afraid line would break on it."
After reeling in the 20-pounder, Curry realized it wasn`t a typical catch. This one had teeth.
"I haven`t seen anything like it," he says.
"I`ve lived out here 36-years, and I`ve never seen a fish like that out here in my life," says Greg Thornton, General Manager of Buffalo Springs Lake.
Internet searches show it might be a pacu, a fish familiar to South America or a tambaqui, one of the most valuable commercial fish in the Amazon.
"Some one likely got rid of it out here," thinks Thornton.
A game warden has taken pictures and will try to identify it in the next few days.
When Curry caught the fish, he said he saw another one just like it. Lake officials have put a bounty on that, anyone catching it will get $100.
If you want to see the unusual fish, it can be seen in the spring pond at Buffalo Springs Lake.
http://www.kamc28.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=1792
You look there will be a post for wanted your dead Pacu.