BIG common or BIG mirror?

Having never caught a common bigger than about 3lb i would prefer to catch a 30lb common rather than a 30lb mirror carp. Although i wouldnt mind either. <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->
What does everyone else prefer?

Big common everytime but i am biased as have never had a 20lb common before. Big dark, big plated mirrors are still beautiful fish though.
If it was a commercial im not too fused because the mirrors all look the same and the commons are too light.

common every time

PB's a common, mirror before that, a 20+ leather or grass would be nice.... so no real preference. lol

a 20+ leather or grassie would be nice

Never caught a grassie and they are supposed to fight very very hard so wouldnt say no to one of them. Still think i would choose a big common over it i reckon.

big common as only 20 i hav had is a mirror. gotta be a dark old warrior not no simmo.

[i:fmgwzzpp]and they are supposed to fight very very hard[/i:fmgwzzpp]

Going on the 2 that i have caught, they do. Profile picture is the bigger of the 2 at 18lb and took me 3 months to catch after losing it at the net to a hook pull. <!-- s:cry: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cry.gif" alt="" title="Crying or Very Sad" /><!-- s:cry: -->
Jonny thats what i mean by carp in commercials, simmos. Far too light coloured but im obviously never going to complain if pulled a monster out

Ok to mix it up a bit then got another 2 questions.
Which is harder to catch, common or mirror?
Which fights harder, common or mirror?
Views please.

Tough one mate but think that big commons are harder to catch than big mirrors but thats only going on my personal experience. proberly because i havent caught that many commons bigger than 15lb.
Which one fights harder <!-- s:?: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_question.gif" alt=":" title="Question" /><!-- s:?: --> Cant say that one fights harder than the other in my opinion.

In my opinion you can`t beat a chestnut heavily scaled estate lake mirror although some of those dark commons are stunning ,and in my experience commons fight harder and if you get a good sized ghostie common they just don`t know when to quit ,which is harder to catch i would say commons are harder to catch ,the only reason for that is that there aren`t so many around