Just caught a HUGE carp...need help with weight

[Troutfisher]

Hey guys!

I was out fishing today and I hooked into a MONSTER carp.  I had a neighbor take some pictures of the fish, and I then released it.  During this excitement, I forgot to weigh the fish.  I was going to get your estimate on weight and length of the fish.  The fish was caught on 6 lb test on bread.  It took me 10 minutes to get it to the bank.

Here are the pictures!

Thanks!

-TF

[burleytog]

How tall are you?

[Troutfisher]

I am 5 ft 8 inches.

[burleytog]

28-32", probably around 8 or 9 lbs.

[Troutfisher]

Thanks for the second opinion, Burley.  

[burleytog]

To give you a frame of reference, this one was 27", 8 lbs. on the nose.

This one was 26", 7.5 lbs.

[berkley]

big carp

[T-rig]

This one was 6.5lbs.

[ILfisherman]

I'd def. say 8-9 lbs. They're fun to catch huh? Like out of control torpedoes in the water!

[Troutfisher]

They sure are, and they put up one heck of a fight!  I had to land this one with 6 lb test, and it was a challenge.

[FivePoundBluegill]

Never realy got why people consider them a "trash" fish. I consider them a good game fish like most people in europe do. Im from california. They are a great fight and grow to huge sizes. A 20 pound carp is more common than a 10 pound bass im pretty sure.  My biggest carp ever was 34 inches. I caught him quite a while back on 10 pound test. I would post the picture but its on my dads computer. He put up a huge fight. The carp in your picture seems a bit longer and is probably just as fat as the carp in my avatar. Hes turned so his belly not faceing camera though. I would say your fish is about 9-10 pounds.

[bass109]

i guess around 8lbs also ;D nice catch

[Cajun1977]

around here they are considered a trash fish  i never understand why anyone would target them, ive actually hooked a carp in the mouth once on a luckycraft pointer,  after a couple minutes of fighting that thing i just cut the line   i didnt wanna deal with that thing at all,  it was during a tourney so i wasnt gonna waste my time with that sucker

[T-rig]

around here they are considered a trash fish i never understand why anyone would target them, ive actually hooked a carp in the mouth once on a luckycraft pointer, after a couple minutes of fighting that thing i just cut the line i didnt wanna deal with that thing at all, it was during a tourney so i wasnt gonna waste my time with that sucker

I definately would of dealt with him just to get my pointer back!

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

If you hold your arm out further, towards the camera, it can weigh up to 14 lbs  ;D

[pokey]

This was the carp my daughter caught it was 10 lbs. 13 oz.

[T-rig]

This was the carp my daughter caught it was 10 lbs. 13 oz.

That carp is bigger then your daughter!

[moby bass]

Big carp and lots of them, but you can't fish. Amazing sight, also a little scary.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php?tip_AttractionNo==1115

[cloudermilk]

Nice fish!!  I would also guess 8lb's.  

[Troutfisher]

If you hold your arm out further, towards the camera, it can weigh up to 14 lbs ;D

Yep, I was considering doing that  ;D

[Fish Eater]

nice catches

[rocknfish9001]

i caught a 20+ carp on 6lb test once. I forgot the camera that day

[bass109]

My biggest common carp was 23lb on 15lb test, it was a great fish.

[blueatlanta]

a couple of weeks ago a guy at the lake i was fishing at caught this one. it was 12 lbs. he caught 3 in about 2 hours. they were all about this size. he was using grits/kool-aid bait.

in the same lake a different guy caught this catfish, it was huge! (yes the guy looks crazy lol)

what did i catch? a bunch of little *** catfish lol.. oh well

[blueatlanta]

here's the cat... didnt know you could only attach one at a time