FILE - Fifteen-year-old Edwards Tarumianz with his rare catch. (Scenic City Fishing Charters, Inc.)A 15-year-old managed to catch a rare leucistic (albino) blue catfish during an excursion in the Tennessee River in late June.
Edwards Tarumianz was on a fishing trip captained by Richard Simms, the owner and guide of Scenic City Fishing Charters, Inc.
when he caught the rare fish. "I have been seriously catfishing for 30 years. I have been a professional catfish guide for 17 years and have seen literally tens of thousands of catfish landed in my boat.
This is the first white (leucistic or albino) catfish I have ever personally seen caught," Simms told FOX TV Stations. Leucism is a condition affecting various animals characterized by an overall pale color or areas of reduced coloring.