Butterfly Koi Caught in Lake

[Kashta]

Dry Creek family reels in exotic catch from Toledo Bend Lake

By Pamela Hickman
Beauregard Daily News
Fri Apr 24, 2009, 04:23 PM CDT

Tommy and LeQuita Harper have a fish tale to tell after catching a 15. 2 pound Butterfly Koi fish in Toledo Bend recently. The couple plan to have the large exotic fish mounted so they can share it and their ‘whale of a tale’ with family members and friends for years to come.

DeRidder, La. - Dry Creek residents, Tommy and LeQuita Harper reeled in a rather unusual catch while fishing at Toledo Bend recently.

On Saturday, April 4, the two were spending the day fishing with their seven year-old grandson, Colbi, when the boy surprised them all by finding a Butterfly Koi fish at the end of his line.

“He was so excited when he saw it,” says Tommy Harper, “but none of us knew what it was.”

Full story: http://www.deridderdailynews.com/ne...y-reels-in-exotic-catch-from-Toledo-Bend-Lake

 

[kog]

shame

 

[Rbishop]

Wow!

 

[Lupin]

What? Butterfly koi in the lake?:jaw:

 

[petluvr]

Now that is one big bleeping koi

 

[crimsonmoon]

why would they mount it? if you're going to kill something as big and beautiful as that at least eat it or something i guess. would've been cool if they had a pond they could keep him in

 

[carolinyens]

They mounted it.....lame. I'd be pissed off if I caught a nonnative fish. Granted it is pretty but c'mon its a koi. I would of cut it up and used it as bait. Shiny = good bait

 

[crimsonmoon]

you would be mad at the koi for being dumped in the lake? lol

 

[pinkertd]

I'm sorry they killed it, it's beautiful. Should have ended up in somebody's pond.

 

[carolinyens]

Not at the koi, at the ppl that did it. More just the whole situation.