Caught The One I Was After (Carp Fishing PB)

[@GregTPhoto]

This reminds me of talking about some big carp at The Gem

[@ballisticrattv3817]

it would be better to use a unhooking mat next time as putting the fish on solid ground damages there scales and could cause serious injury or, even death, good catch!

[@thequietfisho]

Mate these fish get killed, they're an invasive species in Australia.

[@kevinhall7347]

Mate, we have invasive species of fish in England but still treat them with respect, especially carp. Nice fish though

[@petercarter6086]

Hi mate, i noticed you picked up the rod with your left hand then kept switching it over to your right, probably because your dominant right hand is stronger and you have more control ??

[@thequietfisho]

You're very observant. I had to use my right hand as well as left when it went on the really hard run. Then I used my right only once I had it under control probably because I'm right handed but also because the fish was on the left side of screen and using my left hand would have blocked the camera view. Also my net was on my left side and I had to pick it up eventually.

[@petercarter6086]

@@thequietfisho nice answer 'quiet fisho' 👍 still cannot get my head around people holding the rod with their non dominant hand, 😵‍💫 .. i can remember Rex Hunt trying to educate on the merits of controlling the fish with your dominant hand and just winding with your less dominant hand back in the 90s, alas he wasn't successful 😕

[@thequietfisho]

that makes sense for bait fishing, but for finesse fishing it's the other way around as you often have to very carefully position the lure by retrieving it at the right speed and this requires the dominant hand; at least it does for me, most of my fishing is done with light lines using soft plastics.

[@petercarter6086]

@@thequietfisho met a die hard Aussie bass fisho who said the problem with swapping hands all the time is when you cast and the lure hits the water, thats when the fish sometimes hits the lure and he kept missing the bites so he swapped from right to left hand wind and his strike rate improved straight away and just felt natural when he mastered it 😐 Hey, its whatever feels right but 90% of the world can't be wrong 🤷‍♂️

[@thequietfisho]

@@petercarter6086 I don't know why anyone would cast and then swap hands, that's just silly. and it's amazing how 90% of the world can be wrong 😉 That's probably why the American's have their excessive hook sets that rip the cheek off bass. I've seen some horrible photos of bass injuries from dominant hand hook sets. The easy part is holding the rod and setting the hook, anyone can do that with their left hand. The skill in finesse lure fishing comes from using the reel to position the lure perfectly and part the right action on the lure, and imo is best done with the dominant hand. Each to their own I guess.

[@tezzaskayakfishing]

Great hit and fight.