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Leather Carp

Leather Carp

Cyprinus nudus · Carp family

  • 2lakes
  • 127logged catches
  • 44.7 kg heaviest logged

Leather Carp (Cyprinus Nudus) is an artificially bred variety of Common Carp -extremely popular freshwater gamefish in many parts of Europe. Like other Carp, this species prefers large bodies of slow or standing water and soft, vegetative sediments. As carp are schooling fish, they usually stay in groups of five or more. Leather Carp can be identified by their lack of scales and almost leather-like skin. These fish on average grow to about 40-80 cm and 2-14 kg. But the largest Leather Carp caught in the UK weighed in at over 24 kg and was nicknamed ‘Heather the Leather’. Just like for any other Carp, best bait for Leather Carp is semolina balls, dough balls, corn and peas.

What actually catches it ranked by real logged catches

Baits

Peas 5 Sweet Corn 4 Semolina Balls 2 Corn 1

Best setups by lake 2 lakes with data

Weeping Willow Fisheries — 105 catches , best 44.7 kg

  • Hook #6/0 Carp 21×
  • Hook #10/0 Carp 17×
  • Carp Hook #10/0 Carp 16×
  • Carp Hook #6/0 Carp Shore 10×

Sander Baggersee Lake — 22 catches , best 14.76 kg

  • Carp Hook #4/0 Carp 3×
  • Sweet Corn Hook #4/0 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Semolina Balls Hook #1/0 Feeder bottom Shore 2×
  • Carp Hook #6/0 Carp 1×

How to catch

How to catch a unique Leather Carp?

When it comes to float, feeder, or bottom fishing, the best way to catch Leather Carp would be to use Peas on a size #6/0 hook.

Where to find it

Weeping Willow Fisheries United Kingdom Sander Baggersee Lake Germany

Also listed as effective documented, but not seen in the catch log

Pea Dough Sweet Peas Marshmallows Bread with Honey #1489#1492

Data compiled from fp-collective and the Fishing Planet Wiki . Snapshot taken 2026-08-20. Game content and imagery © Fishing Planet LLC.