Identify Fish

[njdvorak]

Caught this while fishing for Bass in a private lake in Texas. Anyone know what it is? It weighed 7#.

[A.Do?]

pacu?

[Ballistik]

pacu?

I was  thinking the exact same thing.  Someone must of let it go out of there fish tank.

[Hookemdown.]

pacu?

I was  thinking the exact same thing.  Someone must of let it go out of there fish tank.

I'll say pacu also.  That's defiantly a weird catch.

[T-rig]

Definately a pacu. What did you catch it on ?

Very healthy looking fish! They are part of the Pirania family and must have been releasd by some irresponsible person.

[zbigbadaaron]

pacu

[Guest ncbass24]

At first glance, it looks almost identical to a piranha. But that is definatly a pacu.

[BaitMS]

It IS definitely a Pacu. What did you do with it? I hope you didnt release it.

[mattm]

There was just an article in the Fort Worth Star telegram this week about someone who had caught a red bellied pacu out of a pond or stream that goes into one of our big area lakes during flooding.  If you live any where in North Texas I would strongly suggest reporting your catch to the fish and game dept.

[bass109]

nice fish, 8-) Dont release it back.

[the captain]

It almost looks like a piranha considering tha fact that I ain't never seen a pacu so I dont know wha they look like. If it aiin't weal long it could be a piranha but if it is down south it is probably a pacu.

[Redlinerobert]

So did it put up a good fight?  

[what]

they fight very well i consider them fresh water permit

[SurferDave]

These are pictures of Pacus from the Aquarium of the Smokies. These get very big.

[T-rig]

These are pictures of Pacus from the Aquarium of the Smokies. These get very big.

I wanna catch one of those!!!

[JayW]

Man, I had no idea they got so big!

[the captain]

Man they couldn't be mistaken for anything when they are that big I don't think anyway :-/

[Tom Bass]

How did it taste?........................Please respond that it was good and you didn't release it.......