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Webster Green

(13,905 posts)
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 01:22 PM Jul 2012

Testicle-Eating Fish Species, Caught In Lake Lou Yaeger In Illinois

"When biologists say the pacu fish eats nuts, they may be correct in more ways than one.

The pacu, a toothy fish that can weigh up to 55 pounds, has been spotted in Lake Lou Yaeger in Illinois, KSDK reports.

Responding to a report that a fisherman had reeled in a piranha on June 7, lake superintendent Jim Caldwell brought the fish to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, where it was identified as a pacu. Some reports say another pacu was seen a couple of weeks later.

Residents of Papua New Guinea may beg to differ. There, according to British fisherman Jeremy Wade, the pacu is known as the "ball cutter." In 2011, Wade said locals informed him that two fisherman had died from blood loss after something in the water had bitten off their testicles."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/07/pacu-testicle-eating-fish-illinois-lake_n_1656015.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
6. Gotta be talking about Pekin?
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 01:31 PM
Jul 2012
Although Pekin's twice that distance away. But, you just GOTTA be talking about Pekin! (I lived there about 20 years ago).

cindyperry2010

(846 posts)
7. I think ( I could be wrong) i saw this fish
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 01:33 PM
Jul 2012

once on river monsters ( jeremy wade ) fishing for it nasty thing it is.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
8. Forty years ago Crab Orchard Lake was full of water moccasins, so Illinoiswegians ....
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 01:39 PM
Jul 2012

... should be fine with pacu.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)
12. They are vegetarian relatives of the Piranha. They were probably released by a
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 02:26 PM
Jul 2012

person who found that it had quickly outgrew its tank and was eating all vegetation.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)
14. How would a fish know there were toothsome tidbits in the water
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 02:35 PM
Jul 2012

unless these dudes were going commando and letting their naughty bits gently wave back and forth in the current? Like a fish lure, but the fish apparently keep biting just the bait instead of the rather useless hook attached.

davsand

(13,421 posts)
15. Not sure you are gonna want to ask local fishermen if the fish are biting!
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 02:38 PM
Jul 2012

And, WHAT, exactly, does one use for bait if fishing for pacu? Does anybody really want to go there?






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