Bowfishing's Golden Surprise

[KentuckyTJ]

Well, I bowfish quit a bit every summer and until now I have only ever seen one other golden carp. I suppose folks get tired of them in their yard ponds and turn them loose. Don't think they reproduce this way but I will be the first to admit I don't know everything.


 

[rastaman]

Dang!  Cool fish!      

[NoCams]

Kewl TJ ! Now get off the water and show us some of your trail cam pics, summer is wearing long on me already. Looking forward to your pics of them KY giants as they top out in late August.

[Shedrock]

I have seen a few of those in Nebraska, but not near that big. Nice one!

I was lucky enough to see an osprey come down right in front of me, and grab a 10-12" "golden Carp", and that was neat.

[owlbait]

That looks like a hundred dollar bill! Cool bowfishing trophy for sure!

[Boone the Hunter]

sweet! Ive only every seen a few and shot one myself. I almost felt bad for him as he was a few feet down in black water and the only reason i saw him was he was glowing. But I'm with ya as far as not really knowing how they get there or if they reproduce like that in the wild. As far as bowfishing goes thats a real trophy, big congrats!

[Dick in Seattle]

When I was a kid in Ohio they were not that unusual in the wild.  After the Chagrin River would flood in the spring, it would fill all the holes in the gravel pit behind our house, and fish left there would breed.   Late in the summer and fall we'd go down with minnow nets and bread and "fish" for the fry to put in our aquariums.   As I recall, maybe one pull in every five or six might contain  either an all gold one or one that was gold with a black back.  That was what we were after.   When we moved back to town andI got older I gave my aquarium to the East Cleveland Library, and for a long time, they had a nice exhibit of "gold fish" that were actually my caught wild carp.  :^)

[vermonster13]

Should have netted that one. They can go for multiple thousands of dollars alive at that size. Seen some go for over $15,000.00 not as big as that.

[bolong]

   Trophy goldfish for sure!

[Guru]

That's very cool TJ!  Congrats    

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Awesome Fish TJ!  Although I agree with David, that fish could have paid for your next big bowhunting trip.

Wonder how the skins would look over osage?

Great Trophy  

[JimL]

Hell put a bandaid on him and a shot of penicillin maybe you can save that sucker.

[A.S.]

Nice Tom!!!   Looks like some good grillin' now that you lost out on the big $$    

[cacciatore]

Cool looking carp,Tom.

[IndianaBowman]

I used to shoot dozens of them when I was a kid and still shoot at a few. Guru's boy Cade shot at one on Friday night. Cyclic-River's wife Becca wouldn't let him shoot one last year. She did a great job on the big brown ones though.

I always thought they were just normal immature carp and that they turned the regular color as they got older. That is by far the biggest goldfish I've ever seen.

Great shooting TJ and congratulations.  I think you should get it mounted and hang it in your dining room!  

[meathead]

I see one every now and then.  Shot one a few years ago but that is about as big of one as I have seen.

[Wudstix]

Sweetness!!!!!

[ishoot4thrills]

That's awesome Tom! I've never seen one before. I doubt you could've netted it without spooking it though.

That would look great in your den right beside your mounted walleye, dude! Seriously, you should consider having it mounted. That's a once in a lifetime trophy right there.

Congrats man!      

[BEN]

Originally posted by ishoot4thrills:


That would look great in your den right beside your mounted walleye, dude! Seriously, you should consider having it mounted. That's a once in a lifetime trophy right there.

Congrats man!            [/QUOTE

mounted with the back 1/2 of the arrow sticking out     that's a cool fish!

[Larry Surtees]

That is awesome!