‘Massive’ goldfish weighing 9 pounds found in South Carolina lake

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[–]tomatosplat 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

I want one! Gotta plan a fishing trip now

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I hear they taste like carp unfortunately, but yeah that would be an awesome catch.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

They are carp.

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I did not know that. Explains why they taste like carp.

[–]soyboy77 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This makes me happy.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Orange = target.

[–]whistlepig 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This reads like a propaganda piece trying to convince people its ok to release your non-native aquarium fish into the wild. Something I don't agree with. Goldfish in particular have no problem surviving cold winters and have invaded some northern lakes where they have taken over and destroyed habitat for other native species.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/11/02/goldfish-are-invasive-problem-in-chaska-lake/

Also, releasing aquarium fish can introduce aquarium fish diseases into the wild where they can cause massive die offs. Probably not a good idea to use goldfish as bait either.

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