Things got a little fishy on this North Carolina driver’s commute.

Rhesa Walston was heading to her Beaufort home Wednesday afternoon when she spotted a bird carrying a large catfish, she told local outlet ABC 4.

Little did she know that the bird would drop its meal — sending the whiskered fish smashing into her windshield.

“It was one of those slow-motion moments in life. I saw the fish and I saw him drop it,” Walston told the outlet. “There was glass all over my front seat … Glass on my lap.”

She immediately checked on her daughter, who was sitting in the back seat.

“She just looked up from her tablet and said, ‘Your window is broke,’ and went right back to her tablet,” Walston told the station.

Walston was at first concerned that the insurance company would brush off her account as a fishy tale.

But her cousin Brandi and cousin-in-law Stuart, who were driving by, pulled over to help her find the catfish — which bounced off her windshield, according to FOX 10.

“I said, ‘We have to find the fish or there is no way in the world anyone is going to believe me,’” Walston told the station. “After 15 minutes of searching, Stuart found the fish on the side of the road!”

Stuart Barrow told the station that at one point, he was ready to give up.

“[I] was heading back to the car when I finally spotted the fish lying against a building around 25 feet from the lane she had been driving in!” he said. “Funny enough, she had correctly identified the fish mid-flight! It was a catfish just like she had suspected!”

Barrow told the outlet he was “blown away” by the extent of the damage.

“I anticipated a minor crack from a small fish, but the size of the fish was so much bigger than what we normally see birds with!” he said. “Having thought about it, the bird must have been a bald eagle because they are really the only bird around here that is big enough to carry such a heavy fish.”

Walston told ABC 4 she is getting her windshield fixed and will have to pay a $250 deductible.

Meanwhile, she and her family are having a laugh over the incident.

“My husband tried to look up what are the odds of hitting a fish with your car,” she told the station. “We could find only one other news story.”

Meanwhile, her Facebook post about the incident went viral — racking up more than 26,000 likes and 136,000 shares by Monday morning.

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