The Carrot
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (158958)
Boise, Idaho
November 25, 2022 6:02pm CST
A British fisherman called it 'sheer luck' when he caught a giant goldfish. Actually it was a carp but goldfish are the closest relative to the Prussian carp and, the carp is known as a wild goldfish.
The 42-year-old Andy Hackett was fishing in Bluewater Lakes in Champagne, France when he caught the 67.5 female carp he calls "The Carrot". Usually, the giant carp is pale or brownish in color but this one was orange. ( In the picture, it looks just like a goldfish.)
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@RasmaSandra (73368)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Nov 22
Right now no photo but that sure is a big fish,
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@RasmaSandra (73368)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Nov 22
@celticeagle when you mentioned the photo I thought you had. Forgot to ask this now the end of the Carrot and he'll be dinner?
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Nov 22
@RasmaSandra .........Here's the story with a picture:
https://www.livescience.com/man-catches-enormous-goldfish-in-franc
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@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Nov 22
Someone could have turned a goldfish loose.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Nov 22
@wolfgirl569 ......Need the room to grow.
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@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Nov 22
@celticeagle They do. I put some in our pond when we first moved here and they got huge.
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@LadyDuck (457957)
• Switzerland
27 Nov 22
@celticeagle It is a British who caught the fish in a French lake. He took a photo holding the fish in his arms and then replaced the fish in the lake.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Nov 22
@LadyDuck ........That was good of him. I saw the picture. It was a huge fish and looked just like a goldfish.
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@kobesbuddy (74528)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Nov 22
And I had two gold fish for many years. One was dark orange, the other one was a lighter shade of orange. They never got big, fish grow according to the size of their environment.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Nov 22
We had ones throughout the years my daughter was growing up.
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@kobesbuddy (74528)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Nov 22
@celticeagle Dad ended up the caretake of my aquarium, he loved fish!
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Nov 22
Picture a goldfish and you got it.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
26 Nov 22
@celticeagle Gold fish are pretty. I used to keep gold fish but that was a long time ago.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
26 Nov 22
The zoo we always go to for field trips has a nice pond full of carp, that look like huge goldfish. I understand when people catch "The Carrot" they release her.
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@LindaOHio (155957)
• United States
26 Nov 22
I've seen the photo of this fish. It definitely looks like a giant goldfish.
