Hey 5 lb Bluegill, question for you.....

[Fish Chris]

What kind of fish is that in your avatar ? I didn't think there was a North American freshwater fish that I could not identify. Is that like one of those Asian or European imports ? It is a very small photo, but I'm not sure if a larger photo would help me. (although I would like to see a larger photo of it, if you don't mind posting it)

What's the scoop on that fish ? Did you catch it on rod and reel ? Bait ? Good fight ?

Just curious,

Fish

[Fish Man]

its a very large Koi,i believe he has a thread in the other species forums

[FivePoundBluegill]

Hey Chris... Its steven by the way you posted one of my old pics on your trophy sport fish page. The fish in my avatar is a koi I think. Either that or some kind of wild goldfish that got to a huge size. This was the second koi I caught and first legit koi. My first one was foul hooked. Anyway it was a good fight and took a while to bring in on a spinning rod. He didnt make any long straight runs to deep water but instead kept sweimming from side to side. This fish was caught like most of my carp and catfish.....on a big wad of bread and a trebble hook......

Heres a big pic...

[FivePoundBluegill]

Here is another picture. If your wondering why this fish is on a stringer I did release the fish. Hes on the stringer because no one was around to take a picture so I had to keep him in the water on the stringer until someone walked by. I was later informed that putting him on the stringer could have damaged him so i regret holding him by the stringer. He swam off ok though. I think he was probably about 8-9 pounds.

[Dan:]

I've seen fish that are similar but not the same in a local pond. I know there are gold fish and carp in the pond and I believe it is an offspring of the two species. I'm no fish biologist but that's my best bet.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Whatever it is,....it's a Univ of Texas fan ;D

[Fish Chris]

Okay, now I can see it's a Koi. In the avatar, with the fish spun a bit, (not showing its widest side to the camera) it looked longer and thinner than most Koi.

BTW, Koi are just domesticated Carp which have been selectively bred for bright color (and nowadays, sometimes long finnage).

Goldfish (wild strain) are often mistaken for Carp, but are actually shorter, with smaller heads, no barbels at the corners of their mouths, and more latterally compressed (flatter).

Goldfish and Carp can interbreed, but the offspring are sterile mules. These are often used in ponds where over breeding might be a problem.

Just some Goldfish / Koi trivia for you guys,

Peace,

Fish

[Guest the_muddy_man]

I bet FISH CHRIS took one look at that GOLDFISH and was seen  going from pet store to pet store with a 8 foot rod and a HUD eyeballing aquariums

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Well I know this, if he DID have a goldfish at home,....it would probably be at least that big  ;D

[bass-slayer1]

Well I know this, if he DID have a goldfish at home,....it would probably be at least that big  ;D

i was fishin in my buddies lake and i was on the trolling motor and i saw a huge coy, it looked like an orange submarine. that thing had to be 30 pounds. it wanted nothing to do with any thing we threw at it

[Fish Chris]

Speaking of Goldfish, check this out;

About 15 years ago I was catching quite a few wild strain Goldfish on nightcrawlers, while trying for Stripers. Most went about 5 or 6 lbs, but one was a monster which went 10-4 !

So, a few years later I was living in North Louisiana, and working in South Arkansas at a fish farm. We raised a bunch of different species, but among them, lots of Goldfish. Some of the big brood stock, especially the single tailed varieties (the less variance from the wild form, the bigger they got) were as big as 5 or 6 lbs.

One day I mentioned that I had caught a 10-4 lb Goldfish in Cali. They all acted like I had been smoking something !

Anyway, they are not much of a sportfish... really sluggish on a line... But I wish I had got a photo of that 10-4.....

Koi can be much stronger.

Peace,

Fish

[Guest the_muddy_man]

What next a 5 lb Guppy!!!!!!!!

[FivePoundBluegill]

I wonder if there actually are any five pound bluegill? What is the world record for a bluegill I wonder.

[BoroBass]

Dunno if you want to count them or not but there is a hybrid bream (bluegill) here in GA that has broken the world record and get up to 5lbs.

http://www.kens-fishfarm.com/world-records/Default.asp

[FivePoundBluegill]

Dunno if you want to count them or not but there is a hybrid bream (bluegill) here in GA that has broken the world record and get up to 5lbs.

http://www.kens-fishfarm.com/world-records/Default.asp

OMG BoroBass... I realy want to catch one of those. I should inform the owners of my local lakes about that site and see if they will stock the lakes with some of them....

[Guest avid]

BTW, Koi are just domesticated Carp which have been selectively bred for bright color (and nowadays, sometimes long finnage).

So size counts even among fish?

[senile1]

When I read the title for this thread, the first thing that crossed my mind was that California now has bluegills big enough to be trout-fed.  

[fisherboy]

here the link to the record bream. it actually is five pounds and so the record blue gill would be around 4 pounds acording to this site.

http://www.kens-fishfarm.com/world-records/Default.asp

[FivePoundBluegill]

When I read the title for this thread, the first thing that crossed my mind was that California now has bluegills big enough to be trout-fed.

LOL

[BassHunter69]

The Current record for BlueGill stands at 4 lbs so if you catch a bluegill over 4 lbs better have it registered and weighted on a certified scale because that would certianly be a record breaker ive caught 3.5 lb bluegill and bream which are basically the same thing.