Ok - guess the age of the world record, 92.5 pound, bighead carp. I have an age from scales. Scales lie sometimes, and we will get another estimate from other hard parts later, but I have to say these scales were reasonably easy to read, for such a large fish. I may eat my words later, but I don't think I'm far off at all, maybe a year or two, absolute maximum. I think I have the age pegged, or at most off a year.

Answer the poll, but in your response give an exact number of years.

Before everyone says a product of the 93 floods and direct escapee from aquaculture - let me tell you that story is completely bogus - there may have been some escapes from aquaculture then, but we don't know of any.Bighead carpwere beginning to become abundant in the basin in the 1980s. The first Asian carp that I know of that was captured from the Mississippi River basin was a silver carp captured in the early 1970s. This is not meant to be a hint of any kind as the age of this fish, just some accurate background info so everyone starts from at least that level of knowledge.

Well there goes my theory of it being 15 years old.

37.

any chance of getting in to see the body?

I have always heard that big heads grow a pound a month. That should make it 7.6 years old

I guessed between 16 and 20. I'm thinking 16-17.

25 - Silly Wild Ass Guess

I was thinking around 17

I'm going to keep you guys guessing for a couple days more, and give everyone a chance to guess. Fishhunter - If you can come by tomorrow morning, you could see the fish. We will be dismantling it tomorrow morning. Got it all scheduled. Sorry I can't keep it longer. It IS really a porker. Wow!

Take lots of pictures Duane!

Guessing 23 years.