Iowa State Record: Man Catches 79 Pound Carp

  • fishinallday
    Montrose Mn
    Posts: 2101
    July 1, 2009 at 4:48 pm #787857

    Imagine that thing coming out of the water at you.

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    July 1, 2009 at 5:37 pm #787876

    Interesting Color and Mouth.

    Not like the Lake Carp I see.

    Scary

    Dog

    baldwin4
    NE IA
    Posts: 736
    July 1, 2009 at 7:02 pm #787901

    Already been posted a couple days ago

    LINK

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    July 2, 2009 at 1:52 pm #788036

    I’m not a Carp oficianado but in the captions it said that this was a Buffalo fish.

    So correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe they are actually carp Are they

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    July 2, 2009 at 3:05 pm #788092

    Quote:

    I’m not a Carp oficianado but in the captions it said that this was a Buffalo fish.

    So correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe they are actually carp Are they

    Buffalo are different than carp, although they are somewhat similar in appearance. Buffalo are native fish, though, while carp have been introduced to North America.

    That fish is not a buffalo, but a bighead carp. Most carp you see in MN are common carp. Common carp have been here since the late 1800s, while bigheads were introduce more recently. Bigheads are moving North, and I am sure we will start seeing them in MN before too long.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    July 2, 2009 at 3:07 pm #788094

    Quote:

    Imagine that thing coming out of the water at you.

    Silver carp are the jumpers, not bighead carp.

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