Most Beautiful Carp In North America- Contest

[pmk00001]

We've all been there, you've just caught the most beautiful carp in our life, a scale perfect common, sweet koi, a perfect linear mirror, a crazily scaled beast...you want to show it off to your friends, your family, you colleagues, and at some point you get...

That's an Ugly Fish

So now's your chance, show us the most beautiful carp that you've ever caught and have a chance to win prizes. It doesn't have to be huge, gigantic, or massive, it just has to be pretty and caught in North America.

Fine Print:

Carp must be from North America

Up to three submissions per entrant (will be considered as one entry)

Two first place prizes:

Member: New CAG hat, patch, an assortment of Dynamite Baits goodies.

Non-members: Half-off CAG membership

Submissions will be accepted from 7:00PM EST July 17 until 7::00PM EST July 22, voting will begin July 24.

CAG reserves the right to publicize your beautiful Carp, in particular via the CAG Facebook and Twitter accounts.

[Bruce_Tomlin]

Bruce Tomlin

Fowler Park in Terre Haute, Indiana

Adam Tomlin

Sylvan Lake at Rome City, Indiana

[bailybird]

nice catch from bloomington not huge but nice colors

[kentlakecarper]

This little fella here is the most beautiful carp I ever caught:

This really light colored Saginaw Bay fish was flawless:

This is a release pick of a beautiful torpedo full of spawn . The fish just lazily swam away giving me time to admire her:

[kentlakecarper]

sweet 2-tone repeat capture for Alex Gray:

Alex again with a 29lb 14oz flawless Flint beauty:

[Santiago]

most beautiful fish ive ever caught

[Ol Captain]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I caught this sure to be award winning fish several years ago in the Chattahoochee ("The Hooch") River south of Downtown Atlanta. It weighed 9 lbs even and for me it was a very exciting catch!!!

Come see us!

Edited July 18, 2011 by Ol Captain

[Jerome]

This 29lb fully scaled dark beauty remains one of my best memories so far.

[Jerome]

Although I have to say that its little sister was VERY cute! Same thing, very dark fully scaled, but MUCH smaller!

[joepool]

This ones from Emma Long.

Edited July 18, 2011 by joepool

[Stephen Clark]

Here are a few stunners

Edited July 18, 2011 by Stephen Clark

[carpaholic125]

heres my favorite fish to date. 33.1 pounds of solid gold

[carpaholic125]

heres a bueaty from this past saturday

and a lovely new england mirra

[MadchesterCarper]

A few of my faves... one each, mirror, common and koi!

[Carphd]

Caught at the NE regionals in 2010, I believe it was also caught in the same peg in 2008. I don't know what it is but its cool looking.

[Neil Stern]

Ohhhhhhh this ones going to be a toughie,,,,,,,

I think the next ought to be the FUGLIEST !!!!!

some of these fish are simply OUTSTANDING

[Baustina]

This one got us Big mirror for the second year in a row at Baldwinsville.

Just remember its for most beautiful fish, not the "other" mugs in the picture!

[kentlakecarper]

Ohhhhhhh this ones going to be a toughie,,,,,,,

I think the next ought to be the FUGLIEST !!!!!

some of these fish are simply OUTSTANDING

Already in the works to follow up the purtiest

Yes, all the entries thus far are some beauties and I have no doubt we will see a lot more by the time this contest ends....Pat is going to have his hands full with this one

[baitbucket]

Some of mine

[Mario Kok]

Here's a few...

[Guest carlymoomoo]

My most beautiful fish from Emma Long, Texas, caught two weeks ago. And my PB common.

[mickey]

A rock River fish.

[Stephen Clark]

gonna be a tough choice this time, soo many nice fish on this thread.

[Test Account]

Probably THE most perfect giant speciman I've ever seen both in person and in pics...near 4' long!

Edited July 18, 2011 by Scott Osmond

[UKTim]

30-02 caught from an NC lake in March 2011 after a long wet night. Probably the most distinctive, almost certainly uncaught mirror I have ever seen in my net.