Goldfish?

[OzarksExtremeOutdoors]

We are looking at carrying Goldfish at the shop on Indian Point and wanted to get some feedback from some of you.  Don't want to get them in and have them sit here all year.  Let me know if any of you catfish anglers would be interested in having us carry them.  

[bfishn]

Just a "for what it's worth" from a guy that wore out a lot of goldfish, stick to the black ones.

[dan hufferd]

22 hours ago, bfishn said:

Just a "for what it's worth" from a guy that wore out a lot of goldfish, stick to the black ones.

Have you ever fish for walleye with a goldfish? I know chub and minnows work. I was thinking of trying goldfish??

[dblades]

I've seen goldfish that weight 10 pounds in James River already.

 

[176champion]

I think they call those Carp...

[vonreed]

1 hour ago, dblades said:

I've seen goldfish that weight 10 pounds in James River already.

 

I used to see one of that size on the James River every year for about 3 years in a row right above HWY 125 bridge.  It was always in the same pool of water also.  Big fancy goldfish.

[bfishn]

15 hours ago, dan hufferd said:

Have you ever fish for walleye with a goldfish? I know chub and minnows work. I was thinking of trying goldfish??

I'm sure I have, but the results weren't memorable. I'm convinced that long, skinny form factor baits are their preference, like chubs and stonerollers for all but the dog days when small sunfish and medium shad are good too. Pretty much anything you can net or trap in a small creek works good, including logperch, sculpins and madtoms. The creek baits stay lively when fished in the 60-65 degree depth ranges walleye spend the bulk of their time in. Warm water baits like sunfish and goldfish do better in the 70+ domain of the catfish.

To be honest, the biggest advantage to goldfish is availability. When you can't spare the hour to rod-n-reel a baitwell full of green sunfish for the night, a 10 minute detour to grab some black goldies can save the day. I've caught some real nice flatheads on them, but I prefer sunnies if I can get 'em.

[chi0082]

On 5/7/2016 at 5:08 PM, dan hufferd said:

Have you ever fish for walleye with a goldfish? I know chub and minnows work. I was thinking of trying goldfish??

Goldfish will work in a pinch. Walleye will hit anything if presented to them correctly. I've caught them on plastic fish before.