‘BULLDOG FISH’

This Fisherman Got the ‘Catch of a Lifetime’—a 90-Million-Year-Old Fossil

Andy Moore made the incredible discovery during a fishing tournament along the Missouri River.

Fisherman and Elkhorn native Andy Moore caught more than he bargained for when he cast his line last weekend in a fishing tournament along the state’s Missouri River, catching not a live fish but a dead one—90 million years dead. The fossil, nicknamed the “bulldog fish,” was drudged out of the water when Moore’s line snagged the prehistoric fish, according to local ABC affiliate KETV. Moore wasn’t aware of the significance of what he had found until he posted a photo online, where commenters quickly realized what he had was ancient. Moore then contacted the Army Corps of Engineers who were able to connect the fisherman to a retired geologist capable of identifying the find. Moore calls it a “catch of a lifetime.”