'Trophy' goldfish caught in Virginia sets state record, prompting social media jokes

[Yonnie3]

From The Charlotte Observer https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article252566993.html

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“Guess the goldfish wasn’t dead when they flushed him down the toilet,” David Norris posted on the Virginia Fishing Report Facebook page.

“What else can we come up with a record for?” Luke Nichols wrote on the state wildlife department’s Facebook page

“I wouldn’t call that a ‘catch,’ but (that’s) a big goldfish,” Justan C McKinney said.

The state did not say what Fortner intended to do with the fish, but website The Goldfish Tank reports they “are most likely not tasty.”

Fortner caught the fish May 22, state officials said. Biologists examined it and certified it as “Virginia Archery State Record Goldfish,” according to the release. Virginia added gold fish in the state record program in 2020 and this is the first time someone submitted one for official recognition.

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It is a record because it was the first submitted. I wonder if there are bigger out there.