The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Koi Carp...what next https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:02:22 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:04:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=117212 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : Maybe it tastes ok. I&#039;ve...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1840563&title=koi-carp-what-next#1840563 Author: smudge
Subject: 117212
Posted: 08 Oct 2024 at 9:04pm

Maybe it tastes ok. I've caught/shot/killed a few - not many but they all ended up as bait.]]> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:04:21 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1840563&title=koi-carp-what-next#1840563 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : mowerman wrote:In at Paknsave...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1840560&title=koi-carp-what-next#1840560 Author: 064pointbreak
Subject: 117212
Posted: 08 Oct 2024 at 3:30pm

Originally posted by mowerman mowerman wrote:

In at Paknsave Papakura the other day..yep..for sale at $8.99/kg.
Over grown goldfish..what next
Okay... something tells me I should catch and keep as many as I like to eat(for scientific purposes)...
I've seen people fishing near Harvey Norman for these fish, and not anyone hooked a single koi except for me; I'm all about finesse when it comes to fishing... 
Can I keep the catch at such places and bring it home to eat? It sounds illegal despite being classified as pest control, not to mention eels get my bait at nightfall...
]]> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:30:27 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1840560&title=koi-carp-what-next#1840560 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : There&#039;s more koi in the Waikato...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633885&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633885 Author: herby
Subject: 117212
Posted: 27 Apr 2016 at 6:36am

There's more koi in the Waikato than the market can handle and the main market for them is in Auckland. There'd be no commercial benefit to establish populations further away from Auckland. If anyone, it'll be those weirdo coarse fishermen that'll do it.

On another note koi and catfish are reasonably popular, but wild goldfish are super popular, wholesaling for up to $25/kg. Apparently broth made from them makes new mothers produce more milk.]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:36:03 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633885&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633885 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : Koi carp are a pest fish and the...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633870&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633870 Author: dalgo
Subject: 117212
Posted: 26 Apr 2016 at 10:11pm

Koi carp are a pest fish and the danger with allowing them to be sold is that they could be seen as a valuable resource and so temp someone to transfer them to other areas. This would be highly illegal of course but very easy to do as koi can survive a long time out of water. If they ever became established in the Rotorua lakes they would cause havoc with the trout fishery there.
 
Originally posted by MightyBoosh MightyBoosh wrote:

It might be more lucrative to sell live fish abroad as pets. Individuals can be worth $1000s in the right market.
 
This would apply to special colour variations and patterns. For instance a pure white koi with a single red dot in the middle of its head, mimicking the Japanese flag, would be extremely valuable. The common koi found in NZ - not so much.
]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:11:02 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633870&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633870 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : That&#039;s quite odd. I know...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633040&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633040 Author: MB
Subject: 117212
Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 2:30pm

That's quite odd. I know some Asians and eastern Europeans like eating carp, but I've never seen koi carp for sale to be eaten.

It might be more lucrative to sell live fish abroad as pets. Individuals can be worth $1000s in the right market.
]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:30:34 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633040&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633040 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : Been on sale around Sth Auckland...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633002&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633002 Author: Steps
Subject: 117212
Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 9:23am

Been on sale around Sth Auckland that I know of for at least 3 or 4 yrs now...
But no where near that price... at leat 1/2 that price.
Make good bait, but scale 1st, they have the biggest  thickest hardest scales around.
Also make good burly.
]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2016 09:23:44 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1633002&title=koi-carp-what-next#1633002 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : It&#039;s all protein I guess,...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632968&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632968 Author: Capt Asparagus
Subject: 117212
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 10:35pm

It's all protein I guess, and let's face it, with the spicing that gets tossed into Asian cuisine, what does any meat actually taste of?]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:35:57 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632968&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632968 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : I&#039;ve eaten them in Thailand..not...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632951&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632951 Author: mowerman
Subject: 117212
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 9:21pm

I've eaten them in Thailand..not for me..even smoked it still taste like cardboard. .plus the thought of what it feed on make me want to throw up lol..But the Thai love them ...]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:21:21 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632951&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632951 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : If people want to eat them then...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632949&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632949 Author: petethemeat
Subject: 117212
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 9:11pm

If people want to eat them then that's great! it's cheap and might even reduce the pressure on salt water species. 
Would I eat it? Yeah...nah. 
]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:11:33 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632949&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632949 <![CDATA[Koi Carp...what next : See them around here as well,along...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632944&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632944 Author: cirrus
Subject: 117212
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 8:58pm

See them around here as well,along with catfish. Sell like hotcakes.]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:58:13 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=117212&PID=1632944&title=koi-carp-what-next#1632944