NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) -- A boy in North Liberty got a surprise when he went fishing with his brother but this fish story isn't about a fish.

"So I threw my line in and it got attached to a tire but I thought it was weeds so I started pulling and I saw the tire and I eventually pulled the bike out" said Tyler Loren of North Liberty.

Tyler Loren's catch in Liberty Pond over the weekend easily won the fishing contest with his brother.

"We just immediately knew I should give it to the police and do the right thing" said Loren.

"We showed up, saw the bike. It was in pretty good shape and were able to run the serial number and when he did that it came back as a hit confirmation so it was stolen out of Michigan State. I think it was Michigan State University" said North Liberty Police Chief Diane Venenga.

Now the question - who's on the hook for the dumping the bike?

"I kept thinking maybe somebody moved or was it sold on Craigslist? There's all kinds of possibilities" said Chief Venenga.

"So we just assumed that somebody probably stole it, drove it, and then dumped it when they were done with it" said Christine Schultz, Tyler's mother.

Chief Venenga said it's likely the thief dumped it there. She said Tyler made the right call not to throw this catch back.

"They could've found it and left it there, thrown it back in or just dumped it by the side of the pond but they took that extra step to make that report" said Chief Venenga.

The catch to this story... the bike rode here from Michigan.

"I was actually very surprised. I was surprised that they were able to find the owner, especially being so far away" said Schultz.

"It's always a great day when we can return stolen or abandoned or found property back to the owner" said Chief Venenga.

Making this the story of the bike that didn't get away.

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