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No scales just smooth skin. Even the patches that look like scales are smooth and slick. Thing pulled like a freight train. Grabbed a jig from under a dock. Thought I was hung up until it went to swimming
Funny looking fish no doubt about it.
Looks like a Egyptian carp.
Carp of some kind ?
That is a mirror carp.
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Originally Posted by parratt1
It's just a scale variation of a common carp. My biggest is a 13-pounder.
It put up a 15 minute fight. Didn't like the boat at all
Yep ^ mirror carp .Quote:
Originally Posted by parratt1
You learn something new everyday.. Never seen one of those before.
It is believed that the fish was bred by monks in Asia to have a lack of scales which made it easier to prepare for the dinner table.
Never seen one myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Capt Cormorant
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Originally Posted by Capt Cormorant
I've caught lots of carp but only two or three of them were mirrors.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
This one decided to grab a crappie jig.
mirror carp are not very common in these parts , seen only one or 2 in my life in the wild and never managed to ketch one .
if I remember right they are coveted by fish pond people and worth pretty fair dollars .
cool fish for sure , congrats
The scales did have a pretty iridescence that did not show up on camera as well as it did to the eye. That one is still swimming around with a better understanding of why not to grab a crappie jig.
bet if you kept it alive and hit the right market with it , your wallet would be fatter than it is now , just saying :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Carp ruin fish ponds here, water stays too warm. No vegetation is in the ponds within a year.
Jack, they are a blast on a jig pole though. I never seen one like that, looks cool. I caught a carp in Stennis Space Center on a jig over 10 pounds. It took quite a while before I saw it much less got it in my net. I'm glad you posted the pictures.
i was talking about goldfish ponds , not actual fishing ponds , carp are a scourge for sure , they love to hit beds and eat eggs in the springQuote:
Originally Posted by rojoguio
Unless beauty is in the eye of thing, that's one ugly fish! :Rofl
my bud ketched one that makes that one look pretty one time , he sent me the image with what the heck is this thing :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
If I had known it was somewhat unusual of a fish. I would have called Bass Pro down in Chattanooga to see if they wanted it for the aquarium. It swims still waiting for someone else to ask "What Did I catch"
First one for me also. But I bet the fight was fun! good catch
Mirror carp are not real common. Before I retired we would see a few each year, but these were not caught on hook and line.
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I bet that was a great tussle to land it. Congratulations
It was a good fight. 10 minutes before it showed itself even then I was thinking catfishQuote:
Originally Posted by Mstr Dan
It was good timesQuote:
Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie
Used to catch lots of these in rivers near Omaha,,,,people eat them too,,,,caught mostly on dough balls
I did some reading on them. They eat most anything. Minnows, snails, crayfish, worms, vegetation. Pretty interesting fishQuote:
Originally Posted by Takeum
Ketchn, a bit of info you don't have is the hatcheries here in MS were pushing carp to keep the fish ponds clean. Well they way, way, way, over sold carp numbers per pond and ruined quite a few fish ponds. The pond had to be completely drained, the carp removed, and then of course re-stocked. Bad advice from the carp retailers.