Illegal to fish with goldfish?
My ex-brother-in-law (my sister's ex-husband), told me a long time ago that fishing with goldfish is against state law (Louisiana). I didn't know if anyone else had heard about this or if it's illegal in any other state.
The reason behind it is because goldfish totally kill off the largemouth bass population when they spawn (they eat the eggs). We don't have smallmouth bass here, so I don't know about those. I didn't have any plans to fish with goldfish, but I read something here that struck my memory on this subject.