Goldfish as Livebait?
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Goldfish as Livebait?
Yay? Nay? Any experience/stories?
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Nay,there's a risk of diseases.
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Used to be a common practice where I live.
Tried it, and regular roach catch more.
Tried it, and regular roach catch more.
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- Barbel
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Tried it once with 6 of them,but were really small,nevertheless every one of them got nailed,all jacks
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
You must be pretty good at getting your balls in a glass jar then Nigel .
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
I did it once many years ago when younger. We where struggling to catch livebaits and had located some big perch. Out of frustration we bought some goldfish. It worked i had a double figure pike and my mate took a 4lb perch on one!
Would never dream of it now as its way to risky due to transfer of disease such as KHV etc. Dont do it...................
Would never dream of it now as its way to risky due to transfer of disease such as KHV etc. Dont do it...................
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
This talk of disease seems strange when many anglers will habitually move other fish and fluid about
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
dannytaylor wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 05:23 -can goldfish get KHV?I did it once many years ago when younger. We where struggling to catch livebaits and had located some big perch. Out of frustration we bought some goldfish. It worked i had a double figure pike and my mate took a 4lb perch on one!
Would never dream of it now as its way to risky due to transfer of disease such as KHV etc. Dont do it...................
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Kev Berry wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 07:52 -I dont think they can Kev but simply transferring water is enough so all fish movements can do it!dannytaylor wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 05:23 -can goldfish get KHV?I did it once many years ago when younger. We where struggling to catch livebaits and had located some big perch. Out of frustration we bought some goldfish. It worked i had a double figure pike and my mate took a 4lb perch on one!
Would never dream of it now as its way to risky due to transfer of disease such as KHV etc. Dont do it...................
Cheers ALan
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 08:39 -Khv out of a goldfish bowl?Kev Berry wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 07:52 -I dont think they can Kev but simply transferring water is enough so all fish movements can do it!dannytaylor wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 05:23 -can goldfish get KHV?I did it once many years ago when younger. We where struggling to catch livebaits and had located some big perch. Out of frustration we bought some goldfish. It worked i had a double figure pike and my mate took a 4lb perch on one!
Would never dream of it now as its way to risky due to transfer of disease such as KHV etc. Dont do it...................
Cheers ALan
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Can anyone actually confirm a spread of any disease through livebaits....
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Esoxuk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18 2017 14:12 -apart from khv I believe all the other fish diseases are endemic throughout the whole of the UK, they require a certain amount of triggers to set them off---temperature, oxygen levels, fish stress levels etcCan anyone actually confirm a spread of any disease through livebaits....
some ones bucket of roach has so far not transferred any disease (I have asked the EA to name me one water where they know a pikers lives have transferred disease)
Wasn't so long back you get a licence to move livebaits----all you had to do was state were from and where to
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 07:33 -I had a p**s in Chew once AlanThis talk of disease seems strange when many anglers will habitually move other fish and fluid about
Cheers Alan
Some Welshman has probably drunk that now
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Thanks Kev, just as I thought
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
I reckon it's a safe bet that almost every piece of water has had pet fish introductions in one way or another
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
GinoButtMan wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16 2017 18:14 -Once, when I was lad. Got some out of the local pond, all about half a pound if memory serves. Seemed like a good idea at the time but they made very poor lives. Ended up tipping in the lake and giving some match anglers a nice surprise for a few years There's also the other reasons not to use that people have aired. Oh and they cost too much in the size I'd wantYay? Nay? Any experience/stories?
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
They are excellent dead baits I have a friend who breeds Koi Carp and there's always a load of damaged ones from his stock pond so I end up with 5” to 7” Koi Carp in various colours that the Pike love, I shrink wrap them and freeze them I have used Goldfish in the past and they did work for me I think because they stood out in the water the Pike were quick to hit them.
Here in Northern Ireland it is against the law to be caught using livebaits so I can’t advise how well they work here in NI as livebait that is naughty hahaha
Here in Northern Ireland it is against the law to be caught using livebaits so I can’t advise how well they work here in NI as livebait that is naughty hahaha
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Don't goldfish hybridise with crucians, if they are present?
Best not to meddle with eco systems in my opinion, although fishery managers seem to do it without even blinking
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
Not sure john. I know they can turn natural again instead of big daft orange looking things. Wither thats through breeding after introduction or not i cant quite remember.
I reckon a natural colored goldfish would be a cracking thing to catch.
I reckon a natural colored goldfish would be a cracking thing to catch.
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
micky dolan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18 2017 19:28 -ABBO & ARDLEIGH AS WELL....cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 07:33 -I had a p**s in Chew once AlanThis talk of disease seems strange when many anglers will habitually move other fish and fluid about
Cheers Alan
Some Welshman has probably drunk that now
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 08:39 -They can carry KHV but don't get the disease like carp do.Kev Berry wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 07:52 -I dont think they can Kev but simply transferring water is enough so all fish movements can do it!dannytaylor wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17 2017 05:23 -can goldfish get KHV?I did it once many years ago when younger. We where struggling to catch livebaits and had located some big perch. Out of frustration we bought some goldfish. It worked i had a double figure pike and my mate took a 4lb perch on one!
Would never dream of it now as its way to risky due to transfer of disease such as KHV etc. Dont do it...................
Cheers ALan
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Re: Goldfish as Livebait?
My first double , came out a local gravel pit on a goldfish scooped out from the mayors pond !
Night time visit with torch , bucket and landing net , still remember me old heart beating like a train ...getting the baits the night before , and realising I had got a run on a six ounce goldy......lovley times
Except I knutted the pike
Got a picture of it hanging from the shed door somewhere , mid 70,s
Night time visit with torch , bucket and landing net , still remember me old heart beating like a train ...getting the baits the night before , and realising I had got a run on a six ounce goldy......lovley times
Except I knutted the pike
Got a picture of it hanging from the shed door somewhere , mid 70,s
Crack Hargreaves...........far out of town.
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