I caught one of those a long time ago. when i was still living in south texas. scared the [censored] out of me and my dad. we just cut the line and let go like that. weiredest thing i have even caught in my whole life.

When we lived in Arlington, I had a goldfish pond in my backyard for a few years (rubber liner type). I bought a couple of them every year. The problem was that when the water temps got in the low 50's it killed them, but during the summer it was a great non-chemical way to control the algae.

they look like dinosaurs lol cool

they have them at calaveras

Thats one ugly arse fish!!

no need for name calling

i think they look cool, almost like a bronze statue... thx for posting

i have caught some pretty big ones in calaveras with my cast net

I've got a big one in my aquarium. Its probably 6" long.

Man, are they kin to Gorgoyles?

Ugly fish! We have one in our aquarium. I didn't know they were in any of the lakes though.

I've seen them before in the shallows on Algae. When do you shoot them? At night?

I bought one from the pet shop once, a couple of hours later
he was the only fish left in the tank, then he turned into a flying fish, flew clean over my backyard fence.

cool, I had one too when I was a kid, neat looking swimming around. Informative post!! I never knew there were able to live in lake around Texas

We have one about 8" in our tank. Took 3 yrs to get that big. Those suckers are armored!

Like mentioned before, if legal a fish shop would pay good money for a big one