Posted on 12/08/2020 12:53:06 PM PST by SJackson
The giant goldfish was found in a park in Greenville County, South Carolina as wildlife authorities conducted a fish population survey, a park official said.
A goldfish weighing nine pounds came under the spotlight Monday after being discovered during a fish population survey at a lake in South Carolina, park officials said.
Ty Houck, an official with Greenville County Parks, said the “massive” fish was found swimming on Nov. 16 in a 12-acre body of water in Oak Grove Lake Park in the county of Greenville.
Greenville Rec, which oversees the park where the fish was discovered, posted a photo of the golden spectacle on Facebook on Monday.
“Anyone missing their goldfish? This 9lb goldfish was found in Oak Grove Lake during some recent testing at our lakes,” the organization wrote in a post. “The work included electrofishing, a method of measuring the health of the fish population.”
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Not unless you are up in New England and got it on the Outer Banks!
Husband Stationed at Ft. Riley Kansas in 67, Was the thing to do Fish for Carp and sell downtown on poor side of Town. Gave them Spending Money towards end of Month.
Me and my brother used to see big golden carp in the Delaware in Trenton when we were kids. They were big.
The proper way to prepare that carp: Clean and scale it. Cover liberally with lime juice. Place on a new clean cedar shingle and bake 30 minutes at 325. Remove from oven. Toss the carp and eat the shingle.
Finally. My kind of thread. +1.
A racist and fat shaming headline if I ever saw one.
I don’t understand what all of the carping is about.
Going to need a bigger bowl.
Super-Koi. They can get pretty big.
The reason they normally don’t grow this big is that they will only grow to their space. So your goldfish will stay small enough to fit within his bowl, but a pond fish will get as big as it can.
Pretty ingenious of God, no?
...1/4 stick of dynamite to a rock, lighting it a chucking it into the lake
M-80s used to work just fine also
I remember when we had M80s back in the 60s.
They were devastating to a mailbox.
Drive-by federal crime, teen style.
A racist and fat shaming headline if I ever saw one.
Nice carp!
Probably didn’t fit down the toilet so they threw it in the lake...
They sure did, but we had easy access to cases of 1/4 sticks. I liked the effect of a 1/4 stick more.
Used to make our own out of used model rocket engines.
Part of my misspent youth...
Oh there is no doubt about that!
Good thing I read through the thread before posting. Was expecting someone to say it!
Guaranteed, it’s super tonight.
Its my understanding that goldfish are just another variation of carp.
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