just showin you guys, biggest carp for me so far only been fishing for them since late last summer, ive caught like 10 all over 4 lbs average 8 but caught this one today, 14+ lbs on 8 lb line on a light real and rod, was a blast

very slick man, congrats!

alot of fun carp are. as a kid there was one deep hole w/steep bank. in 50's we used 50#black braid and the carp would c us take off 4 center of river twist body in current and ping the line (break off) like the #test was 2#.

i never aimed to catch them, everyone bad mouths them so bad and all i didnt even try, but after catching one while bobber fishing some bluegill with meal worms i caught one and the fight got me it was only around 4 pounds but wow what a fight, then after aiming to catch and actually getting a few more on later trips i was out crappy fishing with a freind slow retreiving 1.5 inch chartrues"sp?" grub when i hooked into one the size of the one in the pic,, faught him for a good 30 minutes on 4 lb line, had 3 boats from the bass tournament that was goin on all hanging out to see the fish, didnt weigh it but yeah it was a big sucker. nothing else biting i have no hesitation about throwing on some carp bait or corn and goin for it

i lve in manitowoc wi i was wondering if any one knows when the carp start comming from lake michigan back in to the river (spawning i asume) and if any one can tell me what the differance is between the ones that have the bigger scales than the ones with the smaller scales

The carp with the bigger and ussually fewer scales are called mirror carp and are a gentic variation of the common carp. There is also a rare variation called a leather carp that is scaleless.

I've caught several carp over 10 pounds and one that was 20+.  They can be a blast!

The Classic Michigander 

Last Friday I was panfishing with my 11 ft crappie rod and using 4 lb test with a size 12 ice jig. Flipped by a dock and hooked onto a submarine. A half hour later with the help from a guy in another boat who had a bigger net than me I landed a 31 inch 17 lb porkchop of a Carp. This thing did not miss any meals . He was a brute and strong. I will remember this fight for a long time.