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July 05, 2007
N.C. Fisherman Reels in a Piranha
"Catching something like that is definitely going to make me think twice about what's in that water." A fisherman looking to catch a catfish for dinner instead reeled in a fish that flashed its teeth and bit his knife. Jerry Melton, 46, was fishing in the Catawba River last week when he caught what state wildlife officials later identified as a piranha, a South American carnivorous fish that lives in freshwater. 'When I got it on the bank I didn't really know what it was; I hadn't seen anything like it before,' Melton said. When Melton opened the fish's mouth with a pocketknife, he said the fish bit down and left an impression on the blade. Read more
From N.C. Fisherman Reels in a Piranha
Posted by Mel at July 5, 2007 04:08 PM
