LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. -- A Lake Winnebago fisherman got a big surprise during his latest fishing trip.

Richard Pardee was fishing near Supple's Marsh on the Fond du Lac side of Lake Winnebago when he said he thought he hooked a bluegill.

It turned out the foot-long gray creature he hooked wasn't a bluegill, but a piranha.

Pardee is keeping the piranha on ice at his house.

"I was quite shocked. You know, I was expecting one thing and got another. I'm sure if you would have had the camera on me that day, my eyes would have been about this big," Pardee said.

Piranhas are native to South America and not likely to survive a Wisconsin winter.

Department of Natural Resources agents said the fish was likely someone's pet that was dumped in the lake.

BigDee:

 

OMG!

jackpinelouie:

BigDee:

 

OMG!

         how is the Fishing up by the Montreal River

thought you from the superior area?

jackpinelouie:

thought you from the superior area?

you will get there, I keep forgetting about the work thing.  never fished it myself either, but heard good thing's about the area.

jackpinelouie:

you will get there, I keep forgetting about the work thing.  never fished it myself either, but heard good thing's about the area.

BigDee:

jackpinelouie:

you will get there, I keep forgetting about the work thing.  never fished it myself either, but heard good thing's about the area.

Unfortunely, I live on the other side of Superior, as in Duluth......LOL

that's Kewl, always considered Duluth more wis. than Minn. away :)

jackpinelouie:

Department of Natural Resources agents said the fish was likely someone's pet that was dumped in the lake.

Hmmm, sounds like a candidate for mandatory sterilization due to being to stupid to be allowed to procreate. 

Mr Bad Example:

sounds like a candidate for mandatory sterilization due to being to stupid to be allowed to procreate.

like a piranha in his bathtub :)

jackpinelouie:

Mr Bad Example:

sounds like a candidate for mandatory sterilization due to being to stupid to be allowed to procreate.

 

like a piranha in his bathtub :)

Ha, now THAT would be justice. 

Mr Bad Example:

jackpinelouie:

Mr Bad Example:

sounds like a candidate for mandatory sterilization due to being to stupid to be allowed to procreate.

 

like a piranha in his bathtub :)

 

Ha, now THAT would be justice.