Monster-sized goldfish are taking over an Alberta city that now has to cull them by the thousands
Leah Kongsrude, St. Albert's environment director, says she's seen captured goldfish up to 30 centimetres in length, compared to ones sold by pet stores that measure only about two centimetres
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/albe...ntion-pond
This is actually quite common. A goldfish will keep growing according to how much room it has to swim. If you release these fish into the wild, they can get up to several pounds, depending on the species. Me and a buddy were fishing at a creek a few miles from my house. I was sitting halfway up the bank, when I noticed several bright orange fish swimming in the water, near the surface. It was a school of goldfish and they were huge. The biggest was probably 3 lbs. My guess was that someone was using them for catfish bait (a common practice), had some left over and just released them into the creek. We tried to catch them, but they wouldn't touch our baits.
Aren't goldfish related to carp?
(09-28-2017, 08:11 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ]This is actually quite common. A goldfish will keep growing according to how much room it has to swim. If you release these fish into the wild, they can get up to several pounds, depending on the species. Me and a buddy were fishing at a creek a few miles from my house. I was sitting halfway up the bank, when I noticed several bright orange fish swimming in the water, near the surface. It was a school of goldfish and they were huge. The biggest was probably 3 lbs. My guess was that someone was using them for catfish bait (a common practice), had some left over and just released them into the creek. We tried to catch them, but they wouldn't touch our baits.
(09-28-2017, 07:41 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ] (09-28-2017, 06:32 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]Aren't goldfish related to carp?
Yes.
We have the message board's first goldfish expert.
(09-28-2017, 07:44 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ] (09-28-2017, 08:11 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ]This is actually quite common. A goldfish will keep growing according to how much room it has to swim. If you release these fish into the wild, they can get up to several pounds, depending on the species. Me and a buddy were fishing at a creek a few miles from my house. I was sitting halfway up the bank, when I noticed several bright orange fish swimming in the water, near the surface. It was a school of goldfish and they were huge. The biggest was probably 3 lbs. My guess was that someone was using them for catfish bait (a common practice), had some left over and just released them into the creek. We tried to catch them, but they wouldn't touch our baits.
(09-28-2017, 07:41 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ]Yes.
We have the message board's first goldfish expert.
No. Just an avid fisherman.
A 12" goldfish isn't really uncommon in koi ponds and aquariums that are actually large enough to house a goldfish...