05-17-2007, 03:37 PM
Hi FG,
I just popped in over here to see what was happening with the flyfishers.
Sounds like you found a fishing treasure right on your doorstep. Now you have a spot for "offbeat" angling. Just think what you can do next time with your better rods, and at a better time of day.
[cool]Maybe you can get Alan to come down and help you trim some of the vegetation so you can have a clearer shot at those Koi. Or not.
That "shedding" carp you caught was probably a Mirror Carp. They are a mutant variety that appears in a small portion of the carp population. Some of them have no scales. Some have a few or more. Among carp fishers they are considered a special catch. Here's a little 4.5 pounder I caught last week. As you can see it is only partially scaled and does indeed look like it is shedding its scales.
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[cool]Just a word of warning... If you keep catching those carp (especially the big ones) you may find that you have become addicted and you don't enjoy catching those little 4 and 5 pound trout like you used to.
Let us know if you succeed in hooking one of those Koi.
z~
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I just popped in over here to see what was happening with the flyfishers.
Sounds like you found a fishing treasure right on your doorstep. Now you have a spot for "offbeat" angling. Just think what you can do next time with your better rods, and at a better time of day.
[cool]Maybe you can get Alan to come down and help you trim some of the vegetation so you can have a clearer shot at those Koi. Or not.
That "shedding" carp you caught was probably a Mirror Carp. They are a mutant variety that appears in a small portion of the carp population. Some of them have no scales. Some have a few or more. Among carp fishers they are considered a special catch. Here's a little 4.5 pounder I caught last week. As you can see it is only partially scaled and does indeed look like it is shedding its scales.
[inline carping-7.jpg]
[cool]Just a word of warning... If you keep catching those carp (especially the big ones) you may find that you have become addicted and you don't enjoy catching those little 4 and 5 pound trout like you used to.
Let us know if you succeed in hooking one of those Koi.
z~
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