Wow my first post in over a month. I have been fishing every couple weeks or so but not real had time to post on here. I also have not caught anything too exiting recently

Was fishing with bread pretty close in when I caught this fish today. There were several carp in the 2-8 lb range feeding. I saw this koi and a large white one in the area too. I saw this fish swim close to my bait and start to feed from the bottom. Usually when a carp pick up a ball of bread he will run. I noticed this carp feeding and the line start to move very slow. I mean VERY slowly. He was still feeding with my bait  in his mouth. I figured I would try to set the hook and hooked him well.

The fight was not all that difficult. I was using 10 LB test on medium action spinning gear. The fish only actually made one long run. It seems to me Kois fight a lot less hard than normal carp.

Now the great thing about this fish was he was both a Mirror and Koi carp I think. Look at the huge scales he has going along different parts of his body. That is a mirror characteristic. I do not know how much the fish weighed because I forgot the scale. He looks bigger in that pic because I held the fish out as far as I could to try to show the viewer the unique scale pattern and colors....

This picture gives a better idea of the real size of the fish....

Great colors and terrific photo....congratulations

Big O

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Agreed, cool colors!  How big do they get?  Not familiar with that fish.

wow! rare catch! pretty cool. 8-)

I have no clue how big mirror carp get. They get pretty big though since I have seen pics online of people with 20 LBers. I know Kois get big as well. The one in my avatar was 12 lbs 1 oz. I remember weighing that fish. Common carp get huge. I caught one that was 34 inches and probably over 18 lbs. They get over 50 Lbs though.

Kois usually grow to a much smaller size than common carp that I know for a fact. I do not know about how big mirrors usually get apart from that I have seen pics of them in the 20 LB range.

To complicate things this fish I caught it a mirror koi so I am just clueless as to how big it will get. What is also odd is there are three mirror kois in this lake I have seen. There is this one. A white and yellow one around the size of this one, and another orange one that is quite big maybe 8-10 lb range. Now the strange part about that is that I have NEVER seen a pure non koi mirror carp in that lake ever so I dont know how these fish came to be at all.... Maybe someone dumped them in the lake I honestly do not know.

Hopefully Fish Chris or someone who knows about fish biology will look at your question and be able to tell you how big a fish like this can get.  I would like to know myself actually...

Did you hit the gym!?!?

Did you hit the gym!?!?

LOL ROFL LMAO

The person in my avatar is me but that photo was taken over a year ago.   I started going to the gym and eating more healthy soon after my avatar picture was taken and have lost close to 40 LBS since then. My avatar picture is over a year old. I guess I should take it as a compliment as long as your not saying my avatar picture or this new picture are two different people. If so thanks for the compliment

oh, the kids, they grow up so fast,lol.  I remember pics you posted a few yrs back, now I look at this one,....you're a young adult!!

Great fish and an even bigger congrats on your determination to be healthier, DOUBLE KUDOS!!!!

Right on man, stick with it.  

That is very cool! Congrats  ;D

Wow my first post in over a month. I have been fishing every couple weeks or so but not real had time to post on here. I also have not caught anything too exiting recently

Was fishing with bread pretty close in when I caught this fish today. There were several carp in the 2-8 lb range feeding. I saw this koi and a large white one in the area too. I saw this fish swim close to my bait and start to feed from the bottom. Usually when a carp pick up a ball of bread he will run. I noticed this carp feeding and the line start to move very slow. I mean VERY slowly. He was still feeding with my bait in his mouth. I figured I would try to set the hook and hooked him well.

The fight was not all that difficult. I was using 10 LB test on medium action spinning gear. The fish only actually made one long run. It seems to me Kois fight a lot less hard than normal carp.

Now the great thing about this fish was he was both a Mirror and Koi carp I think. Look at the huge scales he has going along different parts of his body. That is a mirror characteristic. I do not know how much the fish weighed because I forgot the scale. He looks bigger in that pic because I held the fish out as far as I could to try to show the viewer the unique scale pattern and colors....

This picture gives a better idea of the real size of the fish....

thats one badass goldfish...good catch

Did you hit the gym!?!?

LOL ROFL LMAO

The person in my avatar is me but that photo was taken over a year ago. I started going to the gym and eating more healthy soon after my avatar picture was taken and have lost close to 40 LBS since then. My avatar picture is over a year old. I guess I should take it as a compliment as long as your not saying my avatar picture or this new picture are two different people. If so thanks for the compliment

Def a compliment, didn't mean for it too sound rude.

cool koi!  I remember I used to fish for those in the dead of winter.  they were fun to catch.

I acctually lost 40 pounds too.

my profile picture is me now.  if that was a before picture I would most likely be dead now.

Hey, well done, that's a pretty fish . Looks about 10 lb to me . I am from the UK ,carp there grow to 60lb but anything over 30lb is a good fish. I now live in Cyprus and fish for largemouth bass, I caught a similar mirror carp there on a 5" rootbeer senko ! he just picked it up before any retrieve and ran with it .

Tight lines ,Bob

Hey, well done, that's a pretty fish . Looks about 10 lb to me . I am from the UK ,carp there grow to 60lb but anything over 30lb is a good fish. I now live in Cyprus and fish for largemouth bass, I caught a similar mirror carp there on a 5" rootbeer senko ! he just picked it up before any retrieve and ran with it .

Tight lines ,Bob

Its not a 10Lber. The one in my avatar was 12 pound 11 oz and was twice as big as this one. I am just holding this guy WAY out to show more detail and make him look bigger in the picture. Thanks for the compliment on my photography lol

Did you hit the gym!?!?

LOL ROFL LMAO

The person in my avatar is me but that photo was taken over a year ago. I started going to the gym and eating more healthy soon after my avatar picture was taken and have lost close to 40 LBS since then. My avatar picture is over a year old. I guess I should take it as a compliment as long as your not saying my avatar picture or this new picture are two different people. If so thanks for the compliment

Def a compliment, didn't mean for it too sound rude.

Yeah its cool thank you