[bobys]

Was floating a pond today and I noticed something orange floating about 30 ft away. I thought to myself, "that looks like a freaking goldfish!" I slowly move over and see that its actually a freaking goldfish! It was big too. I thought it was dead at first but it was sitting upright and I could barely see its fin moving. At this point I was 2 feet away from this thing and could believe it hadn't swam off, there were weeds over its face so it couldn't see me. I snapped a couple pics and then tied on a little tube, I had now been next to this fish for at least a minute. I dipped it in front of it and immediately it grabbed it and darted down into the weeds, I had it on for maybe 15 seconds before it snapped my line. Would of been sick to have that in the tube




Here's a couple pics of fish actually caught today so the threads not totally worthless

 

[bobys]

Went to a different pond today and saw an even bigger goldfish... never in my life have I seen a big wild goldfish and in 2 days, 2 different places, I see 2 big ones. I think its a sign

 

[max power]

How big were they?

 

[bobys]

The one in the pic was at least 22-23" and the one today looked even bigger to me. I was fishing from shore today so couldn't get up close but it looked like a big orange carp swimming across the surface today

 

[whompuscat658]

 

[slayerfish]

Coulda Shoulda Woulda!

 

[bobys]

Is that thing even a goldfish whomp?? Looks like a mirror carp goldfish hybrid lol

 

[bobys]

Coulda Shoulda Woulda!

Theres no coulda shoulda!! I tried both times and failed miserably, I only say miserably because I know the only reason my line snapped was the crap knot I tied in an adrenaline rush :-\

 

[shutupandfish]

They're koi, essential identical to common carp. Probably shouldn't be there, but also probably not any more harmful than a carp.