Guy caught 3lb Goldfish from Lake St. Clair

[adempsey]

Some guy was ice fishing for perch and pulled this up. Good grief!

 

 

Watch the video on CNN here

[danbouck]

They don't put up a fight

 

[grimsbylander]

How that fish eluded St. Clair musky is a miracle! Fat and bright orange are a bad combination.

[Twocoda]

seen that on the news last night ...i caught one of the multi coloured gold fish in a Sparta quarry years ago...Agreed....not much of a fish

[hammercarp]

There are lots around here. We catch them all the time. When I was a kid the harbour here was loaded with them. I caught my first one back in the 60's at Valley Inn. They were even along the shore of Lake Ontario. I can remember swimming amongst them where Cofederation Park is now. There were imported to north america even before common carp were.

I caught two in one day.

This one is a little fancier.

 

They are not coloured common carp but are a different species carassius auratus.

[OhioFisherman]

A fairly common sight here on the south side of Lake Erie since I was a kid. Funny though, you never saw small ones, even in the back bays. A red flag in front of a bull? I think their color made most of them easy targets.

[hammercarp]

I saw an osprey get one .

[BillM]

Are you guys killing them or putting them back in the lake?

 

Looks like some great muskie bait like already mentioned, lol

[outllaw]

i wish i could say i am amazed. they have been around for a looong time. we have fresh water jellyfish also plus throw in the odd piranha lol.

[MJL]

I see lots along the Toronto harbourfront. I remember one summer I tried catching a nice big one but it eluded the hook. On that note, gold fish often join spawning carp with mating festivities and you can get some nifty hybrids

 

Edited January 19, 2013 by MJL

[hammercarp]

Neat looking fish Mike.

[hammercarp]

Never said they were.

I just wanted to clarify for others. Didn't mean to imply anything else.

[superdad]

Must have been flushed down the loo!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

David aka Superdad

[Christopheraaron]

Rudd...

[kemper]

When I was a kid I used to catch a ton of them in the local flood retention pond. Awful fighters, but a fun way to kill an afternoon when you're 8.

[buick14]

I see lots along the Toronto harbourfront. I remember one summer I tried catching a nice big one but it eluded the hook. On that note, gold fish often join spawning carp with mating festivities and you can get some nifty hybrids

 

 

That looks like the whirlpool in niagara. That fish is Nasty and awesome at the same time !

[Handlebarz]

Well if that lasted to get that fat with all our skinny lsc musky around I will not run orange baits this season

[outllaw]

most guys use the hotdogs that come 10 in a pack.excellent under a red/white boober

[Handlebarz]

Oh sure you had to go there again

[outllaw]

lmao mike. those brenners wood choke that carp waaaagh

[Rich]

Never said they were.

And nobody said you did..

[Handlebarz]

Yes that is our summer time dog Mikey does not care and I would think after the nuker they all taste the same

[outllaw]

mikeys priceless lol.. this chuckle has made my mornin.

[Handlebarz]

What because he shows up to your house in his swimming trunks to swimm in the dogs water dish?

[hammercarp]

When I was a kid I used to catch a ton of them in the local flood retention pond. Awful fighters, but a fun way to kill an afternoon when you're 8.

Some part of us never grows up. Your right about the fight though.