[teamshockerMN]

How old do you guys think this fish is? Its weight was 40.4#

 

[joey1919]

I don't think their life expectancy is but about 5 or 6 years. I may be wrong

 

[joey1919]

I take that back its grass carp that only live 5 to 9 years. Wiki says commons live much longer

 

[Aquatic Undertaker]

Yep commons can live 30-40 years

 

[teamshockerMN]

op:

 

[jsmith.ownagegar]

I take that back its grass carp that only live 5 to 9 years. Wiki says commons live much longer

i think that might be only for triploid grass carp. i may be wrong but triploids live less than the average grass carp

 

[Aquatic Undertaker]

Got a good spot up my way with a few of those bad boys around. I only go there very sparingly so I don't shoot em out since it takes so long for them to get 40+ lbs. It's definitely a place for "big fish addicts" and 60 lb bows......a lot of DEEP shooting. Shot a 45+ common last year with my Osprey at 48 lbs, and it just laughed and pulled right off.

Commons in captivity can live over 70 years and some koi have been known to live over 200 years :jd:

 

[Old Bald Guy]

ALS

 

[Blackdawg]

its as old as its ever gonna be in that pic...

 

[teamshockerMN]

its as old as its ever gonna be in that pic...

Lol...

 

[bowkill]

ALS

well played, soon we all shall know the answer lol

 

[Carptracker]

Carp can get very old. You can't tell age from size. You can have 45 yr old fish at 15 pounds or a30 pound fish @ 10 years

Grass carp also can get old. I have aging structures fro grass carp and also bighead carp in the 25 year range.

 

[ncbowfish]

It look old in the pic I say about 6hr out of water,we got to shoot some grass carp last year for Duke power on lake norman and some of the fish was 5 to 23 years old this was the info we got back from the biology report.

 

[huntingnut]

is that fish from last year jason?

 

[stickemdeep]

Until my arrow hits them. But depending on the food and habatat stress and other factors around 50-70 years in opti conditions

 

[DFA]

i think that might be only for triploid grass carp. i may be wrong but triploids live less than the average grass carp

what does a carp laugh sound like?

 

[Bryant]

It is 12 years 4months 66 days 11hours 26minutes and 8seconds old. glad I could help. :co:

 

[Tomcat]

U should be able to count the rings on a scale and tell... like counting the rings on a tree thats been cut down.

 

[Carptracker]

U should be able to count the rings on a scale and tell... like counting the rings on a tree thats been cut down.

It's a lot tougher than that, especially on a carp which are always notoriously tough to read. Also, in an old fish, the annuli bunch up on the margin so tight you can't make them out.

By the way, a fish puts down lots of rings on the scales every year, called circuli, but you can pick out patterns in the circuli that indicate annual growth. Sometimes. If the fish is in a place that has winters. And lots of other details that make scale reading kind of an art.

 

[louisvilleslinger]

U should be able to count the rings on a scale and tell... like counting the rings on a tree thats been cut down.

I believe you are confusing scales with otoliths, a bony structure in the fish's ear. "Fish otoliths accrete layers of calcium carbonate and gelatinous matrix throughout their lives. The accretion rate varies with growth of the fish – often less growth in winter and more in summer – which results in the appearance of rings that resemble tree rings. By counting the rings, it is possible to determine the age of the fish in years."