Bingo !
While walking along the shores of my favourite lake, this guy was proudly showing his 17 kg weighing catch of a Mirror Carp (still alive)
The Mirror Carp is a freshwater fish living in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.
The wild populations of this species are considered vulnerable to extinction !
2 typical aspects of the Mirror Carp are the absence of a stomach (!) and the lack of scales. This lack of scales is widely believed to have been bred in by medieval monks in order to make the fish easier to prepare for the table.
Dutch name : Spiegelkarper
German name : Spiegelkarpfen
Latin name : Cyprinus carpio
After a while, the carp got its freedom back and was released into the lake again by the fisherman.
Location : Nature reserve ‘Walenhoek’ at Niel (Belgium)
In the picture below you can see the lake where this Mirror Carp was caught.
Fisherman’s Paradise
Mark Billiau.
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Axel Küster 24/05/2020 16:02
Das ist ja ein riesiger Fang. LG AxelHelgrid 14/10/2018 19:33
Meine Güte, ist das ein Fang!!!!!Lieben Gruß von mir
aline64 29/09/2016 17:09
une belle prise et imposant ce poisson !!!amicalement
Eifeljäger 10/02/2015 13:27
PETRI HEIL EIN TRAUMKARPFEN, der Ansitz hat sich richtig gelohnt.Gruß, Franz
s. sabine krause 22/10/2013 16:12
: )))))))))) i had forgotten all about it! how could i?! it's such a giant! i think the ones that "star" in my images aren't even half as big. this one must have already been a senior – king of the pond maybe – when he got caught and shown the land for a while. since they gave him back his freedom, he may have grown even more. read somewhere that fish, like crocodiles, never stop growing until the day they die… may the king of the pond live another hundred years and tell his many grandchildren the story about that one seminal day he looked a human in the eye and wasn't even scared… ; )) greetings, sabine.Bernhard Kuhlmann 07/12/2011 9:59
Na, der wird sich aber freuen !Oder nicht ?
Gruß bernd
lisas welt 16/11/2011 16:58
Fantastic catch, lg Elisabethwilly ombret 05/10/2011 21:41
bon dieu quelle prisecompliments
willy ombret
nokk 03/10/2011 0:42
wow! great capture!I'm glad it was "catch & release":)http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=1378977082#!/media/set/?set=a.1481772569152.2067844.1378977082&type=1 -here, on Lake Green Lake
all my birds are captured,but and all catches of carp (mirror carp plus) of my husband.....I love this lake!:)
John Mc D 02/10/2011 20:39
Wow... super capture :))TeresaM 01/10/2011 8:36
17kg ! Fantastique capture pour lui et pour toi !Belle vision de ce trophée dans la lumière.
Amicalement,
Bernhard Kuhlmann 30/09/2011 19:01
Das ist ja ein Prachtexemplar allererster Güte !Gruß Bernd
Perry Blevins 30/09/2011 16:51
Well taken Mark and excellent sharpness.Regards, Perry
Lawson McCulloch 28/09/2011 20:34
I'm just glad he put it back Mark.best wishes from Lawson.
Andrea Sagawe 27/09/2011 20:18
Wow that's what I call a fish. Nice that he can go on living, but always wondering what sense it makes to catch a fish without the intention of eating it...andrea