nice catch.
I do believe that carp are a pretty "smart" fish. fishing for them in the saddle river and Passaic rivers they could get elusive. now I really haven't dedicated day to going carping in a while but they run a long way almost like a bonefish and I may dare to say one of the most under rated fish going. I had one get foul hooked on a rattle trap this year in pompton and as much as I knew it wasn't a bass, and believe me I wished it was

, it was fun. the ones in monksville look like submarines .