Joshua Catches a Carp

So now both the boys have advanced from roach poles to fishing rods and are getting more and more in to their fishing (Joshua probably a tad more than Brandon at the moment). Joshua often heads over the lake with a few of his mates and has also got to know some other fisherman over there which help him out and teach him more about fishing. Clearly it is working as last week he caught these whoppers of carp which far exceed any of the little roach fish we used to pull out. They estimated this carp was around 8lb which is impressive given that Joshua only has a 4lb line on his rod. Apparently he couldn't pull it out using his rod and had to use the landing net, but even the landing net broke so he now needs a new one of those as well!!!

Joshua with the first carp he has caught and what a whopper.

On the same day he also managed to catch this quite large and darker scaled fish.

Brandon also caught an interesting little fish last week which we still haven't identified. It definitely isn't a roach.

The mouth was much bigger than a roach and it has a dry, rough texture unlike slimy roach. The fish also had greeny stripes.