[Alex_Combs]

15 1/2 pound Leather Carp.
On strawberry butternut deer corn with strawberry/pineapple oats packbait around the hook bait.





Posted using Outdoor Hub Campfire

 

[Jfields]

Nice looking fish. Where were you fishing?

 

[sammerguy]

Nice Mirror!

 

[Alex_Combs]

I was fishing in Middletown at Smith Park lake.

And thanks! It's actually not a mirror but a different mutation called a leather carp. They are permitted very few scales where as mirrors are fully scaled at the start.
A leathers scales are mostly in the dorsal area of the fish.
And are also very slow to grow, so I suppose this guy had been around for some time!


Posted using Outdoor Hub Campfire

 

[CarpRule]

Nice Leather!

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Ohub Campfire mobile app

 

[crappielooker]

Nice mirra!
Yes, it is a mirror carp... I don't think there is any real leather Carp in the USA... And I have yet to see any in my travel around in different states...
Congrats on the PB! ^^)

Sent from my GT-I9500 using Ohub Campfire mobile app

 

[Vince™]

Well done! There are some big ones at that park.

As crappie said, still a mirror due to having some scales and not a true leather. Great looking carp nonetheless!

 

[Garyoutlaw77]

Congrats on the new personal best Alex, Lots of Carp Anglers fish forever before catching such a beauty.
However a good number (not all) of the Mirror Carp in Smith Park were intentionally stocked by "Bucket Biologists" and they in fact grow super fast.

 

[Alex_Combs]

Thanks alot !
But what do you mean exactly by "bucket biologists"?
I do know that a lot time ago that like was a pay lake before it was bought by the city.
So I'm not sure what sort of stocking went on then.



Posted using Outdoor Hub Campfire

 

[RedhdAngler78]

That's incredible! Congrats!

Sent from my SGH-T679 using Ohub Campfire mobile app

 

[Garyoutlaw77]

"Bucket Biologists" are people who'll transplant Fish -even if it's not their profession