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NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? #9858786 03/27/14 04:28 AM
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Caught this in 2010 on the Arkansas river, no one I've talked to can identify it's species. Was around 4ft long and weighed at least 50lbs... Any ideas??

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Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9858791 03/27/14 04:32 AM
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Big Head carp, and you better pray they never make to Texas!

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Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9858797 03/27/14 04:53 AM
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I would say 40 to 50 lbs. Bet that was a fight! duel
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9858819 03/27/14 05:37 AM
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I'd call it Bruce.
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9859292 03/27/14 01:56 PM
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Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: texcajun] #9859437 03/27/14 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted By: texcajun
Big Head carp, and you better pray they never make to Texas!


I know a little lake the TX state record was caught in...it was 90LBS! So I think its a little late for that...
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9859561 03/27/14 03:10 PM
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big head carp...they are in texas, just no known reproduction in texas...
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Harte Nuss] #9859582 03/27/14 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted By: Harte Nuss
big head carp...they are in texas, just no known reproduction in texas...


Guess just get released from aquariums or what?
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9860035 03/27/14 05:49 PM
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Don't big head carp have scales? That fish looks like it has smooth skin.
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9860445 03/27/14 08:01 PM
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Looks like a cross between a Nile Perch and a Cobia. Real strange. How did you catch it? Contact TPWD?
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9860797 03/27/14 11:08 PM
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Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9860873 03/27/14 11:32 PM
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I agree big head carp
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9864637 03/29/14 04:29 AM
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yep big head!

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Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Tyler.Woods] #9864813 03/29/14 12:11 PM
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That fish will bait an entire trotline.
Re: NAME THIS FISH?!!!?? [Re: Fish Chaser] #9865085 03/29/14 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted By: AnthonyTricou
I'd call it Bruce.


I was thinking Fred.

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