7/20/17 Texas Freshwater Fisheries by Chelsea Purgahn
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Exhibit tech Blake Treadaway feeds fish during a diver presentation at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Exhibit tech Blake Treadaway feeds fish during a diver presentation at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A 25 to 30-year-old catfish swims in a tank at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Landen Brown, 7, center, looks at a tank of fish with other campers and a camp counselor from a T.D. Hoover summer camp in Dallas at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Jonah Tyson, 5, looks inside a tank at an alligator snapping turtle at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Part of the museum is photographed at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Mandy Scott, Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center representative, talks about fish that have set state and world records at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
An alligator sits in the sun at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A fish swims in a tank at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Allie Coker, 7, feed catfish at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Aaron Rodriguez, 6, Korbyn Williams, 6 and Moises Cortez, 7, feed fish at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas, at Thursday, July 20, 2017. Around 50,000 people visit the center annually to learn more about freshwater species from around the state. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)