Have you ever seen a King like this? Two mouths!

[Rookie Fisherman]

Out of Fairhaven in deep water. Took a white/green dot skinny with white/green fly on 300' copper.

Fish has a second lower jaw w/teeth! Looks like second gill plate partially grew in.

There was a hole between the two jaws inside the mouth(s)

Fly was in upper jaw and hook actually was stuck in the upper part of the lower. I cut the leader so I didnt have to try and push hook the through the hole and out the upper mouth.

Anybody ever seen one like it?

I was gonna keep it but it was kicking real strong so I released it.

 

 

[p3434]

Strange looking king . He must be hanging around the nuke plant.[emoji23][emoji23]


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[Fat Trout]

Out of Fairhaven in deep water. Took a white/green dot skinny with white/green fly on 300' copper.
Fish has a second lower jaw w/teeth! Looks like second gill plate partially grew in.
There was a hole between the two jaws inside the mouth(s)
Fly was in upper jaw and hook actually was stuck in the upper part of the lower. I cut the leader so I didnt have to try and push hook the through the hole and out the upper mouth.
Anybody ever seen one like it?
I was gonna keep it but it was kicking real strong so I released it.
 
 

Probably from a hook wound as a little guy

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[fisherdude]

That's off the wall .looks like the bottom jaw has teeth also . Witch mouth got the hook .

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[Rookie Fisherman]

38 minutes ago, Fat Trout said:

Probably from a hook wound as a little guy

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I think birth defect. Wasn't just a hole from an injury, lower jaw had teeth & second gill plate was partially grown

[Frogger]

Glad you let him go, should get to 40lbs by fall, eating double the fish.... crazy


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[Total Chaos]

I caught one like that about 20 years ago. It took a silver bullet J-plug and the plug was hanging out of the hole in the lower jaw. Looked identical to that one,

Total Chaos

[quikfish]

I’d be scared to ever touch that. Looks like a birth defect to me.


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[striperking]

I think somebody else got a king iike yours within the last 4-5 years.  I am pretty certain I saw one on this site before.   Of course my memory isn’t what it once was but maybe somebody else will remember it too.   Regardless, real nice pics and awesome u put it back for someone else to potentially get the same thrill.   

[Hobo]

Does that count as 1 or 2 fish?


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[NymphO]

That's some freaky stuff. Awesome catch !

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[henrybud]

I bet a two face would work on him.........

 

[Dusty]

Smoked too much

[panfisher]

A quick check shows this birth defect is not that crazy unheard of with fish. See the you tube vid of the fish with two mouths and 4 eyes....only 6 seconds long but really neat!   

[buckblaster]

I think somebody else got a king iike yours within the last 4-5 years.  I am pretty certain I saw one on this site before.   Of course my memory isn’t what it once was but maybe somebody else will remember it too.   Regardless, real nice pics and awesome u put it back for someone else to potentially get the same thrill.   

I definitely remember seeing another like this one on this site. 2 to 3 years ago. I am 100% sure.


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[Gill-T]

I hook a bunch of kings on my big 6” spoons under the chin as they like to roll on those big baits. Somehow they get all three hooks buried. It usually involvolves quick surgery with a fillet knife to get the hooks coming out. 

[Indecisive]

Someone out of Arney's in sodus caught one just like it a few weeks ago.

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[fishmaster13184]

I got this in Naples creek about 5 years ago

[Rookie Fisherman]

47 minutes ago, fishmaster13184 said:

I got this in Naples creek about 5 years ago

That one almost looks like his lower jaw was split apart? 

[Rookie Fisherman]

21 hours ago, Gill-T said:

I hook a bunch of kings on my big 6” spoons under the chin as they like to roll on those big baits. Somehow they get all three hooks buried. It usually involvolves quick surgery with a fillet knife to get the hooks coming out. 

I am not sure its from an injury . 2 separate jaws for sure, both containing teeth, Also if you look at the gill plate it looks like a second one starting to grow in. But I am no expert, who knows

Edited August 5, 2018 by rookie fisherman

[ontherise]

I caught a rainbow in a stocked Pa. trout stream just like that.


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[fingerlakesfreddy]

A few years back we caught a laker in Cayuga with an almost, identical mutation. We called it "The two-faced fish". 

[G-Daddy]

We had a king with a real severe overbite on Friday.


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[Gill-T]

Just had to ask......where they caught on a two-face spoon or flasher??

[GAMBLER]

I have caught many Lakers over the years with severe over bites. This one has it but not nearly as bad as some I have seen over the years.


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