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.

unfortunatly some unscrupulus people do put their "nice little fish" that has out grown their tank in to the local waterways on more than one occasion, as this link shows

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also if i am right in thinking can you not fish for in the usa, think fishermen call it the peacock bass otherwise called the oscar ? plus is this not one of the reasons that in some parts of the states you cant buy piranha ? well i hate to tell ya this but the pacu is related , and having kept them i can tell you they can be nasty heres a link to the ones i used to have

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so think about that next cute little fish you buy how big will it grow and can you realy house in its adult shape ? if not do you know where you can take it apart from the local waterways, where it is quite capable of surviving

Yep, their all cute and little when their bought at the LFS. Then they turn out to be monsters

When I was a newb I was guilty of buying the cute little silver fish (Pacu) little did I know what a monster it would become. Luckily a LFS took him off my hands. I now do research on what I buy, lesson learned

wooz:

Where did you get that article?

I've always heard of it happening from time to time and different lakes over the years. Sad