Monster carp breaks Massachusetts state record

[MN_Rebel]

You can see here, all of the carp we caught are long and slender for the most part

Nice rare catch on Fantail Carp! And whats up with that ugly SOB? I've seen lot of deformed carps show up lately.

These mirrors seems being potbellied and slightly deep-bodied than scaled carps.

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

Nice rare catch on Fantail Carp! And whats up with that ugly SOB? I've seen lot of deformed carps show up lately.

These mirrors seems being potbellied and slightly deep-bodied than scaled carps.

The last one came from the Ohio River, just an old river carp

 

[thechief]

Thats a biggen

I have a question...on my FB....I have a ton of UK friends that carp fish all the time, post huge carp such as commons, mirrors, grass and koi/goldfish. When they take photos, they almost never look to the camera, they look away from camera...

wow its funny you say that i have a friend from germany on fb and he NEVER is looking at the camera when he catches a carp i thought it was just him then i saw the chick in the link i wonder why they do that hahaha

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

wow its funny you say that i have a friend from germany on fb and he NEVER is looking at the camera when he catches a carp i thought it was just him then i saw the chick in the link i wonder why they do that hahaha

Least I aint the only one

 

[fisher12889]

Those are some nice carp. What sort of fly do you use for the carp? I thought about getting a white fly that floats and try to catch a grass carp, I would use white because it would mimic the white bread I usually use.

My two favorite flies are clouser swimming nymphs and halfbacks. They are both general patterns and can represent small crayfish, leeches, etc. They're not very hard to get to eat a fly, the tricky part is just getting the fly right in front of the fish without spooking it. As for the bread imitation...good luck! I have almost 12 years of experience tying flies, and I cannot figure out a bread fly that will work!

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

My two favorite flies are clouser swimming nymphs and halfbacks. They are both general patterns and can represent small crayfish, leeches, etc. They're not very hard to get to eat a fly, the tricky part is just getting the fly right in front of the fish without spooking it. As for the bread imitation...good luck! I have almost 12 years of experience tying flies, and I cannot figure out a bread fly that will work!

Use a white sponge which will float for a few and then sink, use white cork which will float or maybe a large white fly

 

[fisher12889]

Use a white sponge which will float for a few and then sink, use white cork which will float or maybe a large white fly

The problem is, bread is not exactly "white", and its also got quite a porous look to it. The fly also has to have the right buoyancy...bread floats low in the water and foam/cork often wants to ride to high. If you could find a sponge with the right color that might work better.

 

[sbuse]

Sbuse, they all looks like slender carp to me as they don't have deep-bodied looks like you seen ones in Europe......Question: what's up with the one with funny face above the big mirror carp?

i was saying that till they get over 10-12lbs they are slender, but when they get larger they get deeper. i have shot at some that were 18"+ from belly to top of the back. most of those fish were only 6-8lbs.

that one had a dent in the top of the head. i am not sure if it got hit by a boat while sucking the surface or just a birth defect from it parents roid use.

 

[MN_Rebel]

^Still even small European carps were deep bodied than our American carps. I believe the Europeans has developed few strains of common carps. Most of domestic strains (NOT KOI!!) were very deep bodied. Our carps of Americas were mainly feral/mutt and not pure strains like you seen in Europe. I took some time to research on European carps and I was amazed how many different types of common carp existed in Europe.

I've shot some 15-25lbers in same state as you do and they still has slender-looking (yes they get bulky) but not ROUND like some strains of European carp do.

 

[sbuse]

i guess i am just considering the vertical and not the dimensional girth. i don't look at european fish much since they mean little to myself in terms of fishing. i have personally shot at some over 60lbs fish. my largest shot was 25lbs but my hook record is 35lbs(carp). i have seen some carp in 1.5' of water dragging their bellies on the bottom and still have 6"+ of back out of the water and over 4' long. arrow pulled out of that monster!

i think we have similar variations amongst our carp, but we dont see them as often unless it is a dense population of them. the lake i shoot most at has lots of mirrors and other mutations of the common carp, so it would not be to far of a stretch for thick bodied carp. just my thoughts on it.