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 WHAT IS THIS THING
#4810582
05/03/10 01:59 PM
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COHLMEYER
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Snagged this lovely creature while bass fishing at a local pond. What in the world is it? It swims very slow, and bobs up and down like a bobber in a wind storm. Any ideas? After i threw it back in the water it tried to crawl back out and attack. Prehistoric! i think so Wasnt sure if i should have beat it over the head with a rock or what. Turned him lose and caught him again 15 minutes later. This time i tied him up and left him. Maybe the beaver will eat him. ****I was informed this morning by someone that was out there, that the fish was taken after i tied it up. Whoever took it home reported that it died shortly after being removed from the water. Guess thats a great thing.     
Last edited by ADogNamedCatfish; 05/03/10 04:29 PM.
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[Re: COHLMEYER]
#4810601
05/03/10 02:03 PM
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AgSellers04
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Looks like a South American Silver Arowana. Probably from someone's fish tank. They can jump like 5 feet out of the water.
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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING
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05/03/10 02:17 PM
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ChuChu1
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You should have turned it over to TP&W.
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#4810707
05/03/10 02:26 PM
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Zach Starling
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That is one freaky thing. Im would NEVER think of swimming there.
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#4810721
05/03/10 02:30 PM
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ran_d
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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING
[Re: AgSellers04]
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05/03/10 02:32 PM
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KS374
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Looks like a South American Silver Arowana. Probably from someone's fish tank. They can jump like 5 feet out of the water. +1 No doubt about it. probably got too big for some ones fish tank so they dumped it there. shoulda kept it and sold it to someone that likes exotic fish. they'll pay a good amount of money for it. The one my friend had, he bought for $150 and it was about 1/3 that size
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05/03/10 02:41 PM
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beezy
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yep it's an arowana, but damn I want one of those.
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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING
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05/03/10 03:37 PM
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knight Fishing
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Defiantly some kind of arowana. An invasive species.
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#4811017
05/03/10 03:45 PM
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SnakeEyes
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�Harassment of a law-abiding fisherman is a crime punishable by fine and/or imprisonment,� ~Boyd Kennedy TPWD legal counsel
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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING
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05/03/10 03:59 PM
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NeTxHunter
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Dude, That is freaky. It makes you wonder what people have released into our public waters. Things that we and our kids swim with all the time and have no idea about.
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05/03/10 04:05 PM
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COHLMEYER
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There is no telling what else is swimming around in these waters. people just dont care sometimes. I just hope that this is the only one in there and not a whole slew of them that could potentially wipe out the bass population or anything else.
I was informed by someone that was out there, that the fish was taken after i tied it up. Whoever took it home reported that it died shortly after being removed from the water.
Guess thats a great thing.
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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING
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#4811153
05/03/10 04:13 PM
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AdvTX
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That's crazy! I've heard of Pacu's coming out of Bachman.
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05/03/10 04:18 PM
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Dude Briggs 28
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I've seen those things in Chinese food resturant fish tanks.
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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING
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05/03/10 04:20 PM
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ragged edge
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Watched Discovery Channel and they have confirmed Piranha in Lake of the Ozarks and can survive!
The first liar never has a chance!
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Re: WHAT IS THIS THING
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#4811272
05/03/10 04:38 PM
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COHLMEYER
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Defiantly some kind of arowana. An invasive species. Good thing it died. If i would have known this at the time. i would have just clubbed it over the head and threw it in the woods. I consider myself to be uneducated when it comes to fish other than bass. 
Last edited by ADogNamedCatfish; 05/03/10 04:38 PM.
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