'Two-mouthed' fish: New York angler catches 'bizarrely beautiful' trout
When Debbie Geddes was reeling in her line, she knew she had a good catch. While she thought she had a big fish, she never expected a trout with two mouths.
In a Facebook post that has since gone viral, a fish caught on Lake Champlain in upstate New York appears to have two mouths, fueling speculation about the one-of-a-kind catch.
"When I was reeling it in, it felt like a good fish," Geddes told USA TODAY. "I made the comment, 'I hope this is as big as it feels.'"
When Geddes and her husband actually saw the fish, they were shocked. "I had never seen anything like it," Geddes said. The fish's bottom "mouth" had been hooked, and it appeared to have a normal mouth on top and a gaping hole that connected to its body on the bottom.
Geddes said the fish, a young lake trout, appeared to be in good health: "Obviously it was still trying to eat," she added. She and her husband typically catch and release, but they made sure to take a few photos of the rare find first.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/22/fish-two-mouths-caught-lake-champlain-new-york/2083144001/
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