Is this a carp?

[Aholliday1996]

Me and a friend were fishing today and caught this fish and thought it was a carp but the little horn type things were throwing us off. Also the fish seemed to be a little beat up when it was caught. Any answers would sure be helpful, thanks.
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[flygoddess]

What? No picture.
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[Flyfishinglover]

+1
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[Flyfishinglover]

That's one ugly carp crying for a big knife in his belly

I thought you were say that you caught one of these guys.
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[Aholliday1996]

I have another question. Will these carp start to overrun our pond?
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[Flyfishinglover]

You never know.
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[CoyoteSpinner]

There's not much carp won't overrun. Depends on your pond too. Some community ponds get planted with grass carp that are sterile. But I think they tend to be C&R on those carp (helps keep the weeds down)
But that looks more like a common carp. Maybe been prodded with a few arrows?

[Paulpro]

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CoyoteSpinner said

[quote]I think they tend to be C&R
on those carp[/quote]

correct,and if the carp wuz released and if photographed as well its a CPR catch.
If he had made a video also its CVPR,and if he weighed it also its CVWPR,I know it all sounds complicated,I know you Utah boys aren't used to all these technical terms..
I'll make a video on all dat some day
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[CoyoteSpinner]

Dude - you're going acronym crazy with all that carp terminology.

Hmmmm - terminal carp. Now THAT sounds like a winner!

Long as you're enjoying yerself, it's all good.

[Paulpro]

I know.. just going carp crazy!
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[setthehook]

thats a sucker not a carp possibly
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[flygoddess]

I am thinking the same thing.
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[315BassMan]

That is a sucker, not a carp. A severely beat up one, at that.

This first link is basically the same type of fish
The second is a common carp

They're easy to tell the difference between, carp usually are much bigger than suckers, and certain types of suckers, like the one you caught, have their mouth positioned a lot lower/
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