"Bait" ID

[saxmatt]

The 1st one might be a goldfish/koi hybrid, 2nd one is a wild goldfish. They are pretty common in NJ, especially around the Passiac and Rahway.

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

The 1st one might be a goldfish/koi hybrid, 2nd one is a wild goldfish. They are pretty common in NJ, especially around the Passiac and Rahway.

You think the first one was bucket stocked? I saw maybe 5 similar ones, threw it back and kept the grayish ones.

[Delawareriver]

Believe both are goldfish. The bright ones typically don't survive long enough to spawn so through natural selection the brown plain colored ones take over.

[buzzbaiter]

Looks like a baby carp to me...

[icebadger]

the third photo is a big shinner aka roach or roosk that fish took a beating. the orange one looks like a koi,it probably got in the river from the floods that the superstorms made happen.anybody that had a landscape with one of those plastic koi ponds probably washed into the river.if they lived close to the river it more than likely happened.

[saxmatt]

Buzzbaiter's fish is a goldfish as well. Rob, they were probably both born in the stream. There is a large breeding population in NJ, and Lou could be right about the orange one being a goldfish too but it's tough to tell. There are tons of koi around also and goldfish, koi, and carp can all breed with each other resulting in some cool looking hybrids.

[FASTEDDIE29]

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[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

Looks like a baby carp to me...

Nope carp and koi have barbels, goldfish do not. Those fish do not so makes me think goldfish.

[Dave B.]

Originally Posted by Delawareriver

Nope carp and koi have barbels, goldfish do not. Those fish do not so makes me think goldfish.

D'river wins it. Both are goldfish, just another invasive non-native. Catch all you want, use 'em for bait but do not release any leftovers anywhere except into the woods or your home garden for fertilizer! No need to introduce them into any other waterways if they don't already exist there!