Bowfishing's Golden Surprise

[hunt it]

  Nice one! Bad news is that babys worth $500.00 + (alive that is) at your neighborhood pond supply store - Koi go for big bucks in that size range.

[Mudd]

How cool is this?...... Way!!... I'm saying....

I have been wracking my brain trying to remember where I saw a pond with several in it.

I was told that the same regular goldfish that you can buy in pet shops only stay that size if they are kept in aquariums but if released into a large body of water they could grow to much larger sizes.

God bless,Mudd

PS: Thank you for sharing that with us.

[steadman]

Someone had an awful big bowl. Cool fish TJ!

[wapiti1997]

Cool!  That's a mirror goldfish!!

[GWV]

Good stuff.  Congratulations!

[Warden609]

   

[Over&Under]

Good one Tom, great photo there!

[KentuckyTJ]

Thanks all. I think if I would have known it was worth that much I would have pounced on it like an eagle. Oh well live and learn.

how much?.........i think i wanna be a goldfish hunter....  :eek: ....   :p

[zipper bowss]

That is the craziest thing I have seen all day!Pretty darn cool!
Bill

[Thumper Dunker]

Cool looking koi. But solid orange koi are just orange carp not worth that much that size maybe up to $300. And it would need to have perfect shape and scalation. OK Im a closset koi freak. But thats a real trophy.Bow skins ?.

[Bobby Urban]

Thumper is correct - the valuable ones have perfect patterns.  Do a little Bing or Google on Koi and see the value.  

There are a few places here in Michigan where you can get into them pretty regular.  Sag Bay comes to mind.  I have also taken a few out of the Maple River.  

Mounted it would be a cool conversation piece.  I know that my friend who has a sweet trophy room with some big bears and a lot of nice antlers gets more questions about the 3' gar pike with a fishing arrow sticking through it than all his other trophys combined.

Bob Urban