goldfish

[fearnofish]

i was fishing a lake here in city limits about a month ago. i usually only take my son to fish there because the fish are small (he's 3 years old) but i've fished it a few times when i didnt have time to drive out of town to my usual spot.i didnt have time to go so i picked up a stogie and thought i'd fish this town lake.when i got there there was a family there fishing minnows with bobbers and catching some small perch.i started casting a spinner with a jig on it and wasnt catching anything so i started walking down the bank trying different spots and i casted out and was kinda yankin the jig then letting it drop and than yanking again and i caught a fish so i thought. when i was reeling it in it looked like an odd colored fish and when i brought it out of the water it was a frickin goldfish and a really big goldfish at that.i accidently snagged it. i started cussing and freaking out because i dont want to catch goldfish and the dad from down the bank came over and asked if i thought that all there was in the lake was goldfish and i told him that i've caught alot of perch and smallmouth but never a goldfish before. i have no idea why there would be a big goldfish in the lake.i dont fish there anymore.i only take my son and if he catches one he would think its awesome.

[azslabber]

Somebody in town does not have any goldfish any more,lol.Did you eat em?

[crappiejohn]

we have a retention pond here in town that has bass crappie catfish in it ...ohhh yeah and also goldfish, you can see them on a warm sunny day swimming in a school and they are huge, ive taken my daughter down there and caught them on corn and they probably go 1 1/2 to 3 lbs each... i got a pic of her with it somewhere if i can find it ill post it

[jeffy]

My brother once caught a huge koi on an inline spinner.He was fishing a pond in a reidential neighborhood.

[fearnofish]

no i didnt eat it but man i was swearin up a storm

[azslabber]

I would have had to try it out,I think?lol.

[Slabstatic]

Ive heard of using goldfish in place of shiners. It is illegal here in florida though because they grow as big as there habitat, and if one gets lose in a lake they could take over the lake.

[dwaw]

i spent 10 yrs in pierre. where are you?

[2pounders]

Lake George in downtown St. Cloud used to have huge goldfish in it . True trophies. Haven't been there in 30 years, don't know if they are still there?

[dwaw]

sorry. don't know where st. cloud is. i do miss all the quality fishing and hunting in sd though. lots of fond memories.