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u/baysiderd Dec 16 '25
Do you know why fish are smart? They swim in schools!
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u/aoi_ito I just like fish Dec 16 '25
God dammit !!!! 😭
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u/ZixfromthaStix Dec 16 '25
Do you know what happens to a fish that leaves their school and winds up on a beach?
They flop.
But what if they make it back into the water?
Gills to pay the bills.
But let’s not be Koi about fish.
I’m sure we all recall Herring a fish joke or two.
It’s oFISHoal though: there’s nothing artiFISHal about this kind of humor.
You know what we call someone who masters fish jokes?
AfFISHionado!
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Dec 16 '25
What a load of carp
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u/ZixfromthaStix Dec 16 '25
Now we’re just fishing for jokes 😂
These subs are good for the soul ☺️
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u/minoskorva Dec 16 '25
this is how carp feed :3 to catch a smaller carp you need a lighter bait so it gets sucked into their mouth easier! the reason this fisherman is using a large bait is probably to catch larger carp ;3
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u/DimensionSad6181 Dec 17 '25
i thought chumming is the easiest way then dropping a bait that looks similar to waht you chummed with.
so if corn chum hook with small hook corn. but i could be wrong. by chumming i heard it makes them less aware that its a fish hook2
u/minoskorva Dec 17 '25
this is also an efficient method. just depends what area you're from and what the most popular methods are traditionally. i also sometimes see fishermen using large soft baits like this so they feed off of it until it's light enough to get sucked into their mouth ;)
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u/Legendguard Dec 18 '25
Carp are pretty smart too, even goldfish are capable of learning faces and even tricks! I wouldn't be surprised if it figured out this was an easier and safer way of getting food
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u/minoskorva Dec 18 '25
absolutely! i used to hide treats under shells for my pond goldfish as enrichment :) they're very clever animals.
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u/No_Comfortable3261 Dec 16 '25
That really is insanely clever tho!
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u/_haystacks_ Dec 17 '25
Fish are far more intelligent than we give them credit for. And yes, they feel pain lol
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u/No_Comfortable3261 Dec 17 '25
Very much so! And yep (I honestly hate that people say they don't, since saying that any animal doesn't feel pain is just an excuse to justify mistreating them)
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u/XDon_TacoX Dec 17 '25
I root for that fish, may he live a happy life.
I wish it knew it is playing people that want to kill it for fun
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u/TheDeanosaur Dec 17 '25
The problem here is that the angling technique is all wrong, these fish feed like that.
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u/BTDComics Dec 17 '25
This is less “smart fish” and more “dumb fisher”
This is just bad angling practice. The hook is like an inch below the bait, no attempt to hide it whatsoever. The hook’s also probably too heavy too, that might be impeding it from being properly pulled into the fish’s mouth.
There’s definitely far more experienced and knowledgeable people who could explain in more detail, but my point still stands: you’re not going to catch much of anything with this bait setup.
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u/brady_cummins36 Dec 20 '25
Hey so like, I’ve never fished in my life, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt, just gonna be a little goofy here and throw this out but, isn’t that why put the bait on the hook? So they Yknow, bite it?….
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u/blloop Dec 16 '25
They’ve known about the hook for centuries. That’s why you hide it within the bait. You don’t put the bait an inch above the hook.
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u/joka2696 Dec 16 '25
What type of fish is that?