[eastforker]

Goldfish, which reproduce rapidly and have few natural predators

What a bunch of bull $hit. They make damn good catfish and bass bait. We use them all the time down here in the south for that.

[Red Badger]

Don't they get soggy?....How do you keep them on the hook?.................

[major_gaff]

Yep...a number of years ago my Grandmother loaded her back yard pond with gold fish and
the green and blue herons had it completely cleaned out in less than a week.

[Rurudyne]

Exactly.

Fish don’t look at a smaller fish and wonder if it looks like fish they’re used to eating or not.

[wildcard_redneck]

"What a bunch of bull $hit. They make damn good catfish and bass bait. We use them all the time down here in the south for that.

You are right. There is a reason fishing lures are often brightly colored, it attracts fish. I wish environmentalists would "follow the science". Very few goldfish survive to that size in the wild because of predation.