spotted this on TM:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pets-animals/Fish/Fish/auction-88384073.htm

does anyone know or seen anything like this? If it is a gold fish it then its damn HUGE...

An answer to a question:

I have know idea sorry. I know as much about goldfish as women's mood swings. Absolutely nothing !!

:lol:

Lol i'm tempted to bid just to go and catch it!!!

Bit dodge, i've heard of big goldfish, but a 1/2 metre one?

most probably a koi or just an over exaduration of the size.

would be fun trying to catch the beast

How would you catch that? The ponds huge!

With determination

Failing that, a few dozen beers

i know its illegal, but you could try drag net fishing :lol:

i have seen a gold fish that was in a pond all by its self for many years and it was over 1/2meter, was caught with a fishing rod, line hook and sinker

how about enlisting the help of some friends, and a whitebait net or seven?

im interested in catching the beast and relocating it, anyone else want in?

Yea mate, i could be keen, and id drag Helen along to hold the camera

Where would you relocate it to??? got a unused swimming pool?

Still need to find a suitible location, I dont want the fish for my self, just want to see the beast in the flesh really.

ITS HUGE

We have a large round dam at our farm... Not quite as big as this pond its in now, but would be half the size almost. I wonder if I block of the stream part if we could put him in there?? The waters a bit dirty and has eels in it but that might not matter... Now in getting ideas :oops:

sounds like a good spot for him, you probably wouldnt need to block off the stream either

I am tempted to get him... First I need to ask my grandparents permission to use the dam, then I need to catch the thing

I wonder if I can get away with it...

oh hell i'd help the winner catch that!!! could be fun... this time it would be a goldfish hunt since i missed the molly hunt.

im interested in catching the beast and relocating it, anyone else want in?

i am in and lets get it in the books of records if its truly that size.

there is more pics up on the auction and its either a pearl scale or it's sick with dropsy which would explain why it's only recently been sited cuz its hanging around the surface from been ill.

yeah it does look very bloated..

Freakishly bloated is normal for most of the fancy goldfish though.

maybe full of eggs. And in laying in the lillies

Does look like it has dropsy

if you guys ever catch it, take some pics and measurements.. hell even use one of ur leftover beer cans from the hunt to compare the size

just never seen anything like that lol

maybe full of eggs. And in laying in the lillies

hahah, if she was.. that means there is more in the pond

hehe what a wicked find. Imagine not knowing that was there for 5 years.