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39 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

(FND33)  Sauger (Sander spottedsail)

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Jealous of that guy. Congrats!

Posted
38 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

(FND34) Common Carp (Carpus carpio carpe diem nondomesticus)

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Can't  believe that it took this long for you to land a common carp. Congrats!

Posted
14 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Can't  believe that it took this long for you to land a common carp. Congrats!

Yeah!  I was starting to think I'd have to hunt down a spot with much better carp prospects.

Its only been in the past week or so that I've seen any close enough to present a fly to....and hadn't caught those.  Usually its a short window of opportunity, so rarely enough time to put on a suitable fly... just gotta drop whatever fly I'm using to them.  For whatever reason, most of the common carp I see here (not many) are usually feeding right at the waters edge on the far side of the creek.  Very tough to present accurately...and tougher to detect the strike.

This one I didn't see first, and was fishing for other species when it HAMMERED the large-ish fly and immediately took off FAST.  I thought it was a small Hybrid Striped Bass for awhile...  I'm thankful when "luck" gets involved while I'm fishing. :) 

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Typically, Grass Carp are considered much tougher to catch (on flies) than Common Carp.  So far this year, its 15 Grass Carp to 1 Common Carp.

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Those are some weird looking fish... We used to see them swimming around our underwater lights at our house on North Padre island and they looked like birds flying in the water.


 

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