A woman made what some people have described as a once-in-a-lifetime catch after reeling in a fish that appears to have two mouths.
Debbie Geddes, of Upstate New York, said she caught the unique fish while she was fishing on Lake Champlain.
Geddes said they took photos of the fish and released it back into the lake, which borders the state of Vermont and the Canadian province of Quebec.
“She wasn’t convinced anyone would care about the catch,” co-worker Adam Facteau told Fox News.
He uploaded a photo of the fish. “I knew it would be popular,” he explained.
The picture was then re-posted on the Facebook page for Knotty Boys Fishing before it was shared thousands of times.
“I just can’t believe all the attention this has received,” Geddes told Fox. “The public’s responses/theories are quite interesting, to say the least. I personally believe it was caused by a previous injury, most likely from another angler.”
On Facebook, some claimed that the fish’s two “mouths” may have been caused by pollution or even nuclear radiation from the crippled Fukushima plant in Japan.
“Well, I think everyone has an opinion, which makes it interesting for discussion,” Facteau said of the theories. He said he’s not sure it’s an injury.
“Sure, that’s possible. Maybe,” he added. “However, Lake Champlain is also known for being a sewage dumping ground from Canada and (Vermont). Plus, many of these fish are stocked.”
“Could it be? Not sure,” he explained. “Regardless, it’s a catch of a lifetime and has a lot of public opinions.”
Geddes also had simple advice to anyone trying to reel in the same fish: “Good luck.”
Maryland Woman Reels In Record-Breaking Mahi Mahi
A Maryland woman has set a new state record for catching the largest mahi mahi, also known as a common dolphinfish.Frashure was taking in the Poor Girls Fishing Tournament when she made the record-breaking catch.
“It took nearly 20-30 minutes to reel in … it felt like an eternity,” Frashure said, according to the news release. She and five friends were fishing off Poor Man’s Canyon when she made the massive catch.
Frashure’s mahi mahi displaced Jeff Wright’s three-week-old state Atlantic Division record for the same breed of fish.
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