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Originally Posted by jad2t
Are buffalo supposed to be better fighters than carp? I know one of the two are but I don't know much about either species so I'm not sure if I was seeing buffalo or carp in the Caney. Either way I see a lot of them and some of them look in the 10lb range.
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Before I got into flyfishing for roughfish, I bowfished for them for about 30 years. I've fought several hundred fish in my lifetime on the end of a fish arrow and line, so I have a pretty good idea of strongest (best fighters) vs weaker. IMO, here's my lineup from strongest to the weakest.
Grass Carp, Asian Carp, Smallmouth Buffalo, Common Carp, and the wussboy...Bigmouth Carp. Which btw, is mostly what I've seen on the Caney. The fight is night and day between a Smallmouth Buff and a Bigmouth Buff, who knows why, but the Bigmouth just throws in the towel right away. A Grass Carp (White Amur) is insane in strength, even with a fish arrow in it, unbelieveable with just a hook and line. I compare them to Tarpon, except they don't jump. Wish we had more of them. I've quit bowfishing them for that reason, I'd rather C&R them. As for the other Carp species, way overpopulated so I'll continue to whack them when I have a bow in my hand and catch them when I'm flyfishing. Plenty of those to go around. I've always said that if Carp tasted like Crappie, there wouldn't be any ... but they DON'T!
