MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. -- Jerry Melton wanted to catch his dinner while fishing Thursday morning on a stretch of the Catawba River ... photos surfaced of a snakehead fish caught in Lake Wylie.

If you find this fish in South Carolina you should kill it immediately, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

The fish has human-like teeth while a piranha has tiny, sharp teeth. So, how did the pacu end up in the Catawba River? “It probably outgrew the aquarium and so rather than dispose of it like ...

The South Fork Catawba Basin includes some of the most rural areas in the Catawba River Basin — and some of the most quickly changing areas. Towns west of Charlotte, such as Gastonia ...