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FAIRFIELD TWP. —
Two local teens hooked what they thought was a piranha while
fishing in the Lakewood Subdivision Lake in Fairfield Township
on Wednesday.
Lindenwald resident Jimmy Vogt, 19, and his girlfriend Caitlin
Brewer, 20, had dipped the poles for nearly three hours before
possibly snagging a pacu, which is a member of the piranha
family.
“I was like, ‘This is one messed up looking fish,” Vogt said
after reeling it in at around 3 p.m. “You know how you put your
fingers in their mouth to put it up for pictures? I was going to
do that, but Caitlin told me to stop because she saw the small
teeth.”
Pacus feed off vegetarian matter and can grow as big as three
feet, but are not as aggressive as the piranha.
“We knew it was a different kind of fish,” Vogt said. “We didn’t
know what to do. We threw it back in because it’s a
catch-and-release lake, but we got pictures though. Caitlin’s
dad (Bobby) said it looked like a piranha, but we didn’t know
for sure.” |
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Lindenwald resident Jimmy Vogt hooked what he thought was a
piranha Wednesday afternoon at Lakewood Subdivision Lake in
Fairfield Township.
Caitlin Brewer/Submitted Photo |
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According to local12.com, it’s the second pacu caught in the
Tri-State this year. 10-year-old Kyle Owens caught one near
Chilo along the Ohio River back in June.
Vogt said the fish gave him a fight, just like any other
larger fish would do. He compared reeling it in to the two
bass and two catfish he caught before hooking the possible
pacu.
“When her dad said it was a piranha, I freaked out,” Vogt
said. “It shouldn’t be in there in that kind of water,
certainly if someone would fall in.”
Vogt said the fish might have been around five pounds and a
foot long.
The Hamilton Journal-News and Local 12 also got a hold of
the story. |
