mike rousseau Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkCR2ykxgXA&feature=feedrec_grec_index anybody know somebody that can enforce these cyber idiots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I wish I had a picture of one I caught out of Lake Ontario a few years back. The one I caught was a vivid orange, and there was a pure white one swimming along with it. Not a very sporting fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 MNR tips email. you never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregoire Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I think the worst part is that with warming water temperatures or in outflows of nuclear power plants these fish may be able to survive and screw up the ecosystem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Those fish won't make it. The toilet would have been more humane. If they really wanted to save them they should have given them to someone with a fish pond in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I have seen quite a few in the detroit river, there is a really shallow bay that holds goldfish and Koi...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Enforcement/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_163377.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 i emailed mnr geraneral email... they dont have a tips email... and i asked them either way to let me know if they have the resources to enforce violaters threw the internet... hopefully they get back to me about it and if they do... ill let everyone know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondorfish Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 If you read the responces at the bottom - they go back at least 2 years - nothing will come of it - but good on you for trying. Tracker ( Don ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bailey Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Goldfish are just carp with bling, so sooner or later they will revert to the ones we see all over the place. But it still shouldn't be allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorDan Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Looking his other videos these people are from NY so I don't think the MNR will be able to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher_1 Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 In some of the channels of the Detroit river theres at least 6 huge goldfish that have been released in there, plus about 3 large Koi. My buddy was tellin me one of the Koi would be worth about $300 and someone just put him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorDan Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 300$? Koi fish are like 5 bucks at Petsmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 300$? Koi fish are like 5 bucks at Petsmart. Try buying a 12" Koi for 5 bucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorDan Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Well they can grow in the canals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 The only thing that keeps little goldfish from surviving? the majority of them get eaten! Pretty hard for them to survive when they are waving them bright colors in a predators face? I saw them all the time in Lake Erie, but only ones too big for most other fish to eat. A lot of people put them in fish ponds here, the spring rains wash out the ponds and it all flows into Lake Erie around here. Like mentioned, all they are is carp, and I have seem carp at Pointe Au Baril, the cold most of us see won`t stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) My buddy Walt from the fire hall has a old in ground pool that needs to be filled in...the liner is all rusted out...but years ago he put in some fish he thought were just gold fish but they turned out to be Koi....and now he has hundreds of them in that pool....another friend Pete from the fire hall put in a small back yard pond for his wife and called me to catch some of Walt's Koi....so a couple of weeks ago there I was with a cold beer in hand catching Koi for Peter....LOL.....many are over 6" long, some have a lot of white marking and all the bigger ones have the LONG SPLIT tails.....when Walt feeds them at least 50-75 come up to the surface for the bread he throws in....they have been in there for a long time now....the pool is all green color water and the cover is sunk into about 3/4 of the pool making great cover for them....he say's once in a while a Blue Heron will come in and catch a couple. Bob Edited July 21, 2011 by Billy Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 i doubt they will survive, i also doubt anything will come from it as the video is a few years old terrible thing though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigdritchie Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 They probably will survive - there are already hundreds, if not thousands, of goldfish in the Great Lakes. Problem is, nothing will ever come if it because MNR or NYDEC will look at the cost of tracking these idiots down and prosecuting them, and know full well they'll get a maximum fine of about $100. It's just not worth the expense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomO Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 We use them for catfish bait on the ohio river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 We use them for catfish bait on the ohio river. Garbage in, garbage out..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomO Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 They call them baltimore minnows at the bait store and charge a $1 apiece go to walmart and get them for 25 cents. I've caught some pretty nice flat or shovel head catfish on them, biggest was 26 lbs. This is the time of year you start fishing for the big cats after dark as its so hot not much else is biting. Was out last week and the ohio river was 84 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattletrap2 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 I agree that is wrong to dump them in the lake, but as already mentioned, I doubt they will survive. We originally had three very large Goldfish in our pond. Eventually, they all died. These were just common Goldfish, not koi and they grew to approx. 5 pounds!!! These things were very fat and a joy to watch cruise around the pond. We could see them from our window in the kitchen. I have bought some expensive fish from Bradford Nursery that were over 6" long. They didn't last a week! We tried stocking with half a dozen fish several times. Some of these fish were $16.00 each! The Bass just annihilate them within days!! There is no where to hide when you are bright orange! LOL I bought some 10 - 11" trout and they didn't last either. I watched the Bass coral them into shallow water and just devour them. I now have a pair of Goldfish we are trying to raise in a large cage. I still don't think they are big enough to compete with the Bass. They did survive all winter though! If anyone has any real good size ones they don't want any longer, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossover Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 The more humane thing would've been to give them to a pet store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 The more humane thing would've been to give them to a pet store. Yep, humans are the only ones that will flush them down the toilet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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