Pretty carp

[thmyorke1]

First carp, and it took a lure!

Saw this guy in less than 3 feet of water at a pond by my college. Tossed my crappie jig by his side and I saw him suck it up off the bottom.

I set the hook and what followed was the best fight I've had on my ultra light.

Good thing I had a net ;)

Sharing other pics of the day.

[23cardinal]

I'm actually curious if that's an old goldfish or an albino carp. That's awesome- they do that sometimes. Been a good year for u huh? Keep it up

[Esox Luciano]

Nice bag man! You've been getting into a lil bit of everything lately huh?!! I'm not sure, but I would think from the scales on that thing that it's a linear carp. Again, I haven't seen one in person yet but that would be my guess. Nice catches anyhow bro!!

[thmyorke1]

Nice bag man! You've been getting into a lil bit of everything lately huh?!! I'm not sure, but I would think from the scales on that thing that it's a linear carp. Again, I haven't seen one in person yet but that would be my guess. Nice catches anyhow bro!!

Good guess, I'm thinking it's linear too.
It was probably bred to be this color, looks decorative while also stocked to eat up the overgrowing plants.

The pond was supposedly drained a year or two ago, so it can't be an ancient goldfish.

[JDTuna]

Very nice! I think those are also called mirror carp. Only a few big scales on them. They aren't that common, and I've only caught 3 out of hundreds of carp. Good job!

[Rich196]

I'm not sure I would call that pretty...LOL I guess some would though. In any event, nice mixed bag brother.

[thmyorke1]

I'm not sure I would call that pretty...LOL I guess some would though. In any event, nice mixed bag brother.

thanks

LOL, it looked better in the water :D

[Skunk City]

Sweet Mirror Carp!

[ScowardNJ]

I'm not sure I would call that pretty...LOL I guess some would though. In any event, nice mixed bag brother.

Really though, that thing looks like AIDS with fins

[Chrisper4694]

unique!!

[Jigman13]

The mother in law fish :eek: :eek: :eek:

[saxmatt]

This is a mirror koi. Carp, koi and goldfish can all breed with each other and you get some cool looking hybrids like this. Awesome catch and beautiful fish!

[bigfishy]

Nice catch!! but what about the herpes on its side? is that normal?

[saxmatt]

Nice catch!! but what about the herpes on its side? is that normal?

It doesn't have herpes, it has orange blotches because it's part koi and weird looking scales because it's part mirror carp. Looks like a white and orange koi spawned with a linear mirror.

[thmyorke1]

It doesn't have herpes, it has orange blotches because it's part koi and weird looking scales because it's part mirror carp. Looks like a white and orange koi spawned with a linear mirror.

You have any idea why they bred these carp that way? Koi are pretty, I get that, but why breed it with a carp with ugly scales? Why not a koi + a common carp?

[Jigman13]

You have any idea why they bred these carp that way? Koi are pretty, I get that, but why breed it with a carp with ugly scales? Why not a koi + a common carp?

I'd think it occurred naturally in the watershed...

[saxmatt]

You have any idea why they bred these carp that way? Koi are pretty, I get that, but why breed it with a carp with ugly scales? Why not a koi + a common carp?

Think of carp like the dogs of the fish world. They can interbreed to make some weird looking animals. Over many years people bred carp big to eat, small so we can keep them as pets like a goldfish, competition for best looking fish resulted in koi, carp with less scales are easier to fillet and cook resulted in mirrors. All of these different carp can still interbreed but have slightly different traits just like dogs. People have been bringing over different kinds of carp to NJ since the mid 1800s. There are carp mutts of different shapes and sizes all over our state. The "Carp" that can't breed with these are the grass carp, the bighead carp that is causing problems in the midwest which is an invasive species completely unrelated to carp other than by name, and the buffalo carp which is also unrelated to carp and is actually a native species to the US.