Fisher’s carp tale credits quake for albino catch

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 12, 2019
By: Hsu Cho-hsun and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Fisherman Chang Wen-tien (張文田) on Thursday caught a 6kg albino bighead carp near the Shihmen Reservoir in Taoyuan.

Chang attributed the catch to a large earthquake on the same day, saying: “It must have been scared out of hiding.”

Bighead carp are often seen in the reservoir, with some growing to immense sizes, Chang said.

However, they are usually black or multi-hued, he said.
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