Grass Carp - 6 MAY 18

[rwar1423]

I took my daughter fishing to see if she could hook/land a carp. We walked to a drainage pipe area, and saw a pod of carp. I had her get into position & wait for a lone feeder that strayed from the pod. While scanning the water, I saw a lone grass carp making its way towards my position. After making a handful of casts to position the fly, it finally bit on a fl fuchsia SJW. It didn't fight as hard, and appeared to play dead while netting. It got real active once in net. Took a quick weight check, release, & went to see how my daughter was doing. She's getting there; just has to put a little more speed & power into the cast. She'll be stoked when she finally lands one. Tight lines!


https://youtu.be/6ov6eAjVEhg

[FishnDave]

So cool you are able to get those grass carp. I'm convinced the local stocked triploid Grass Carp have completely different behaviors than the naturally reproducing river fish.

[rwar1423]

@FishnDave Thanks. I've been trying hard to get the eat on video. What usually happens is I'll turn on the camera, make a bad cast or get tangled up, then I'll shut the camera off. Then I'll hook a fish, and camera on. With grass carp, I think you just have to see if they're on the feed.