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 mirror carp
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06/15/07 12:39 AM
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Todd Craft
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are there any mirror carp in Texas lakes? how big do they get?
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 12:46 AM
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Starless
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Yeah, there are Mirror Carp in Texas lakes, but they are usually very rare. Much rarer in the USA in general then they are in Europe where carp are bred and stocked as a sportfish...actually, as THE sportfish lol. As for how big they get, well, they'll get as big as any other Common Carp. Mirrors are exactly the same fish as Common Carp, they just have a gene which causes unusual scale patterns. Here's my only Texas Mirror so far, a Fully Scaled Mirror:    
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Re: mirror carp
[Re: Todd Craft]
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06/15/07 01:05 AM
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Todd Craft
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very cool looking fish the two pics of the englishtexas guys were good looking fish also those were european mirrors i take it?
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 01:15 AM
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Thanks, I was really happy to land it.
TexasEnglishman's recently posted Mirrors? Nope, those were actually Texas fish as well.
Which is surprising, because you're right, they really have that fat, over-fed European fish look to them. Still gorgeous mirrors though.
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 01:23 AM
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Todd Craft
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yall that was them a couple of 20's very fat looking fish thanks for the info my tourament season is almost over with until our championship i am going to target some of those monsters in the down time
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 01:44 AM
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Very cool! We'd be happy to have you join us on the bank any time.
The Harder the Fight, the Better the Fish. www.TXfishes.com - Texas Multi-Species Angling ( Multi-Species Tournament: Sign up now! ) www.atdot.com Now featuring fantastic photography. www.dfwhops.com ( All your DFW Beer news and info in one spot! )
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 01:44 AM
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Texasenglishman
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 My PB Lilly Louise Robinson 8lb 7oz My New PB Daisy Grace Robinson 10lb 3oz "I like dem stands ya got for ya fancy rods." "Where you get dem stands?"
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 01:46 AM
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Texasenglishman
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My PB Lilly Louise Robinson 8lb 7oz My New PB Daisy Grace Robinson 10lb 3oz "I like dem stands ya got for ya fancy rods." "Where you get dem stands?"
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 01:58 AM
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Todd Craft
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those are some amazing looking fish texasenglishman i would have liked to have some of the weight at a couple of tournaments this year would have been big fish by along way
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 02:01 AM
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Impressive gut that one has. nice fish too, Paul.
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 02:06 AM
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Starless, for this photo, are you sure that you didn't just glue together the front two-thirds of one fish and the back two-thirds of another fish?
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 02:07 AM
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Texasenglishman
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OI - I have worked hard on that  Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Beer
My PB Lilly Louise Robinson 8lb 7oz My New PB Daisy Grace Robinson 10lb 3oz "I like dem stands ya got for ya fancy rods." "Where you get dem stands?"
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Re: mirror carp
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06/15/07 02:23 AM
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Tracy S
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I caught this back in Nov. My first carp from Emma Long. 20lbs 2oz 
Last edited by Tracy S; 06/15/07 02:24 AM.
Crappie 2lbs 9oz
My next PB is due May 16, 2014
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