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Severly injured carp. #10903458 06/08/15 07:11 PM
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I was fishing Lake Quitman with a couple of guys today. The last fish that was caught had suffered a severe injury to it's underbelly near the tail. The injury was very recent as the fish started bleeding from the wound after it was landed. It was revived and swam away. Here is a pic. I am trying to figure out what might have caused this. I have my speculation, as we saw another nice sized freshly killed fish floating a few yards from shore.


Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10903671 06/08/15 08:33 PM
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I'd guess an alligator did that.

Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10903755 06/08/15 09:03 PM
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Could it possibly be a gar fish that tried to eat it hmmm


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Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10904021 06/08/15 10:53 PM
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I don't know, but I'd write that place off as a swimming hole.

Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10904116 06/08/15 11:41 PM
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Maybe a giant snapping turtle hmmm


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Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10904168 06/09/15 12:04 AM
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I may go with the alligator snapping turtle. The wound was all the way to the backbone. I have seen a huge snapper in that lake in the years past.

Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10904178 06/09/15 12:09 AM
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Im in for turtle as well. Other then cat and drum/ rock fish seems to be the only other thing i catch on carp chunks.


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Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10904190 06/09/15 12:15 AM
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Poor shot placement from a bow fisherman

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Originally Posted By: Woj
Poor shot placement from a bow fisherman


With what an axe?

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Originally Posted By: Woj
Poor shot placement from a bow fisherman


My thoughts too, then he was open season for others such as turtle as he left a blood trail.

Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10905036 06/09/15 01:26 PM
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I'm not ruling out poor bow shot placement, but the bite shape does tend to look like a snapping turtle's mouth structure with the point near the top of the bite. Fish seems to be hanging on if he had enough energy to take the bait and survive the reel in. Interesting post, photo, thanks for sharing.

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I would guess turtle! hmmm


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Re: Severly injured carp. [Re: Curt0407] #10905333 06/09/15 03:15 PM
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What did the other (dead) fish look like?

Sure looks like an otter got aholt of that carp. Usually, otters tend to eat the fish tail first, and toss the head away. That does not look like a bite from a turtle or alligator to me.

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What did the other (dead) fish look like?

Sure looks like an otter got aholt of that carp. Usually, otters tend to eat the fish tail first, and toss the head away. That does not look like a bite from a turtle or alligator to me.


The other fish was too far out to see any obvious wounds. The injured carp weighed well over 13 pounds. I would think that this fish would have been too big, and if healthy before the injury, too active for an otter to catch.

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I was thinking it might be a bowfin bite.

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