It’s one of those stories that’ll make the biology community grind their teeth in frustration, but it may be a light line paradise for the agile brownliner, whose only concern is turning a Sow’s ear into a silk purse, and can ignore the tears of infants …

Everything from Piranha to Gar are being carefully released by pet owners into the Tama River near Tokyo, and are surviving Winter’s chill compliments of the warm water given off by wastewater treatment plants in the area.

Fish that have outgrown that little starter aquarium, become too difficult to handle, or due to the economy – owners have been uprooted to distant locales, and their exotic fish released into the creek to fend for themselves.

Over 200 species have been collected so far, yielding an ecosystem so diverse the locals are calling it the “Tamazon.”

For the brownline community this may be the equivalent of Disneyland, with every fish a potential IGFA record.

… then again, after a long battle the newly vanquished lays gasping in the landing net, comes a scream from the throng above:

“That’s Tinkerbelle, you put her back!”

Scientists agree that genetic diversity is the best way to build a sustainable wild population, I just don’t think they had Goldfish in mind.

… and while we’re on the subject of unlikely gifts to our sacred fishing waters,  my favorite is the discovery of a Vast Underwater Boneyard of Used Toilets off California’s pricey Marina Del Ray.

Authorities are wondering who would take the trouble to dispose of hundreds of toilets into the briny depths, while diving enthusiasts claim the authorities done it years ago, and now it’s the secret  “honey pot” of spearfishing.

Even the most crazed fly fisherman would blanch at the prospect of eating something that’s spent its formative years in the downstream surge of a toilet.

Tags: Tamazon, exotic aquarium fish, invasive species, fly fishing for Oscars, brownlining,