Tonka54 Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Believe it or not, This double figure beauty of a common carp came from a venue in the centre of Loughborough. Not the big "Charnwood water", not Nanpantan reservoir but the canalised section of the river soar, yes the local canal is home to some big fish including Barbel. It's a waiting game for the bigger specimens though, because this section is heavily match fished for "bits" on the pole the bigger fish tend to be a bit wary, so it's a hard fish as they say. this one was eventually tempted by a bit of "Mothers Pride" bread crust, fished pop-up style two inches off bottom over a small bed of mashed bread. It lead me a merry dance up and down the cut and around the moored narrow boats for about 20 mins before finally coming to the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 That's some canal carp. Well done 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 What a fish, and out of the cut too! That fish will have some age to it, hope it went back well. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka54 Posted January 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said: What a fish, and out of the cut too! That fish will have some age to it, hope it went back well. 👍 Yep no problem at all , had a quick look around me and could see no Croatians licking their lips so I slipped it quietly back into the cut and it swam away happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 43 minutes ago, Tonka54 said: Yep no problem at all , had a quick look around me and could see no Croatians licking their lips so I slipped it quietly back into the cut and it swam away happy. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 Very nice but isn't that a Mirror Carp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka54 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said: Very nice but isn't that a Mirror Carp? No it's a common, I know the photo makes it look like there are area's with large scales but it's just a discoloured patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 That looks like A Bonnie Scots Lass on your shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka54 Posted January 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 9 hours ago, billytheghillie said: That looks like A Bonnie Scots Lass on your shoulder. Thank you, yes she is, she loves to fish as well which is a great bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 14/01/2022 at 20:52, Tonka54 said: No it's a common, I know the photo makes it look like there are area's with large scales but it's just a discoloured patch. Sorry, but no, that is a Mirror carp. This is a Common carp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka54 Posted January 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 23 minutes ago, Penelope said: Sorry, but no, that is a Mirror carp. This is a Common carp Looking at your very nice example P, I would have to agree. It was the lack of big scales that had me convinced it was a common. Or, could it be a leather/hybrid?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Tonka54 said: Looking at your very nice example P, I would have to agree. It was the lack of big scales that had me convinced it was a common. Or, could it be a leather/hybrid?. No it's most certainly a mirror. Edited January 19, 2022 by Penelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Penelope said: No it's most certainly a common. I think he meant his fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said: I think he meant his fish. Edited. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 Both superb catches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 On our shoot the lads have caught a 32lb common out of the river . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 Nice Mirror & Common Gents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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