Fishing Forum

We fished Roberts Gravel Pond yesterday. First time taking our little aluminum boat with oars out (since the water is low and we couldn't get the biggoer boat in). The breeze died down and a cloud came in making it absolutely perfect to see the bottom clearly, and the temperature was perfect. Caught 2 catfish and 30 or so 5" perch, which wasn't hard when we could see them. The perch hit the sinker or swivel nearly as much as the hook.

Anyways, we saw a bright red fish swim into the plants below, 2 different times, but it may have been the same fish. Anyone know what it was? Maybe a Koi that someone released in Roberts?
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could be a goldfish or something else somebody released in there.
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Possibly a Kokanee?
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That was my first thought as well, but the Kokes are fall spawners and I don't think they would have their orange-red suits on yet . . . . so possibly a Koi someone didn't want to keep in their fish pond anymore?
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Piranha. I saw a show about them this week. They have found them in Virginia, Missouri and Kentucky, why not Roberts?

Can't wait to be the first to catch a piranha through the ice. []
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they have caught them in 2 diffrent ponds in utah as well. cant remember which.
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There was a Red Bellied Piranha caught in Lake Lowell in the last few years.
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Slow down everybody. I was only kidding about the piranha. Now I find out they are here. Yuck.
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Not too worried about the pirahna. on the same show on Discovery they also tested them in lower water temps and figure that a little below 50 F. was about the survivable limit for them. With 2 feet of ice on top of Roberts each winter I don't think they have much chance. Koi on the other hand though....
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I would not think it is a Koi as I have had them and red Koi are not very common, especially a completely red one. It could be a Comet tho since they are red/orange and get up to 12" quite regularly and they are easily bought in local stores for use in aquariums or ponds. It is not a Koke as they would not be turned yet all tho the possibility of a Koke being there is quite feasible as there was one caught in Rigby Lake last year. I really doubt it is a Piranha, and even if it is, nothing to worry about. The water is to cold to survive for long
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There are some pretty big goldfish in the Rexburg ponds... wouldn't surprise me if there were some elsewhere too...
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I agree. Big goldfish. Just put a little fish flake on a hook and you'll get him.
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I may have to go back and try for it just so we know for sure. I found some pics of a red comet goldfish and that looks like it could be it. Fairly red/orange with a pinkish tail. Would make a pretty good picture in any case.

Maybe I'll have to be ready with the underwater camera in the future.

Goldfish or koi for sure. Definitely not a red bellied piranha, since as the name mentions, they have red bellies. Their backs and sides are silver. So unless it was swimming around belly up...


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oohh man piraners in there ya say ! oh goodness i us ta wade that pond up ta ma belly and tinkle in the water when the urge struck sounds like i cought a nice break
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lol, definitely one to many today.
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I think they caught one in Utah Lake, and another turned up in the Jordan River. As for Robert's, I would guess a goldfish or koi. There's a pond in Utah I used to fish a lot in high school that had huge comet gold fish that were a good foot long, and koi pushing 3 feet. They seem to do pretty well in the wild.
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Went down to Wilson ponds today, and spotted at least four koi swimming around in the smallest pond. They looked to be around 12"-16". It was easy to tell what they were, since they were calico colored.

Probably got too big for some idiot's tank or backyard pond, so they dumped them in the wild. I just want to strangle people who do things like that.
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Ive always wanted to shoot a koi. But do you think it would be a bad idea ? I mean some people look forward to seeing something like that out in a pond and wouldn't take kindly to someone sticking an arrow in it [:p]
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