I fished the Willow Pond the other day and was very excited to see largemounth bass in the shallows were the water comes into the pond. Most of the fsih were 6 inches ,with some in the 12" range. I caught two on small jigs. If these fish are allowed to take hold we couls have a good summer early in the morming.
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I thought they drained that one for the winter! I went by it a couple weeks ago and it looked way low!, But then I was driving by on the freekway, but I could see into it.
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No the pond is full and they are stocking it with trout.
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I would like to see all those gold fish taken out of the pond.
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With the largemouth in there, I would think that the gold fish dont stand a chance, But then again I dont know how big they are????
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There are hundreds of 1 lb goldfish in the pond.
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WOW!!!! Yeah if they are that bad in there, then they need to market the fact for people to catch and keep!!! Now here is a question, can dead gold fish meat be used for fishing on other bodies of water in the state?????
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Aren't goldfish a type of carp?
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Yeah, they're both members of the minnow family.
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It should be legal to use dead goldfish on other waters in the state since its a nongame fish.I wonder if they taste good, has anyone ever ate one?
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[cool][size 2]If anyone wants to earn a free trip to southern Arizona or California, load up a bunch of those 1 pound goldfish and truck 'em down. The hardcore flathead cat anglers down here pay top dollar for big baits.[/size]
[size 2]Yes, they are just carp all dressed up in fancy pajamas. Some of the exotic koi carp, from Japan, can fetch prices in the thousands of dollars for certain color patterns.[/size]
[size 2]In short, if you want to get rid of anything, put a price tag on it and wait for the greedy types to clean em out.[/size]
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hey, there's hardly any goldfish left in there now, most of them died during summer due to some sort of bacterial disease. Also trout stocking has ended for the season according to a wildlife guy I talked to just today. Good to hear about the bass taking hold.
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I don't think so. I was looking at a school of them 6ft wide and 30ft long stacked up tight. This was last week.
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They won't ever be able to get rid of them. Their like carp-no matter how many you kill, they ALWAYS come back. I'm pretty sure thats why they put in all of those nice big Lakers in there last spring. Didn't work, though. I took a few of them home last summer for my cats to play with. Kinda funny to see a cat wet up to the shoulder trying to kill a goldie!
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I don't know if this is true but I talked to someone who said the DWR put the goldfish in there to see if anything would live, before stocking the pond with other fish.
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