Joe is that a carp? Never caught one but I saw a bunch of what you caught at Alloway. They wouldn't hit anything I threw at them!
Yep, it's a common.
Some corn threaded onto a small hook fished on bottom will usually do the job. I've had some fun days when I was younger reeling in the golden ghosts. As one of the guys on a local site calls them...."Proper Pull Downs".